| Cultivar Name: |
Friar
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| Type |
Plum/prune |
| Patent |
Not Patented
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| Parentage |
Gaviota x Nubiana
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| Usage |
Scion
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| Products |
Fresh Market
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| Chill Requirement |
400 chill hours required
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| Yield |
High
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| Flesh Color |
Yellow
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| Pit |
Freestone
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| Ripening time |
+4
weeks relative to
Santa Rosa
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| Self Compatible |
No - Not Self Compatible
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| Pollinators |
Santa Rosa, Late Santa Rosa, Laroda, Redroy, Redheart have been effective pollinizers. Also Blackamber, Queen Ann, Simka or Wickson can be used as pollinizers.
|
| Description |
Originated in Fresno, California, by John H. Weinberger. Introduced in 1968. Fruit: large, equal to Nubiana: oblate, but more rounded than Nubiana; skin black when fully mature, rougher than Nubiana, practically free of growth cracks. Flesh is amber in color, firm, softens slowly after harvest. Good quality; small pit. Harvest is prolonged: fruit is hard ripe 4-5 weeks after Santa Rosa, but sweetest and most delicious several weeks later (mid to late August in Central CA). Trees are very vigorous and productive. |
| References |
- The Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit & Nut Varieties. Third Edition. 1997. ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia.
- Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory. Third Edition. 2001. Seed Savers Exchange, Inc.
- Dave Wilson Nursery. Link
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