| Cultivar Name: |
Klamt
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| Type |
Peach |
| Patent |
Not Patented
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| Parentage |
Prunus persica cv. Dixon 1 x Wiser
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| Species |
Prunus persica
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| Usage |
Scion
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| Products |
Canning
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| Chill Requirement |
850 chill hours required
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| Yield |
High
|
| Flesh Color |
Yellow
|
| Pit |
Cling
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| Ripening time |
+1
weeks relative to
Elberta
|
| Self Compatible |
Yes - Self Compatible
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| Description |
Orig. in Davis, Calif., by L.D. Davis, California Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1964; crossed made in 1950; selected in 1954. Named after Robert H. Klamt, farm adviser, Sutter County, CA, and consultant to the early canning industry. Medium to large fruit; skin blush medium, with an excellent harvest yellow; flesh clear yellow; pit brown. When canned, flavor superior to existing conventional commercial canning clingstone cultivars; maintains its superior flavor quality. Trees consistently sets good crops; leaf with globose glands; flower like that of Dixon 1, being of the larger nonshowy type. |
| References |
- The Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit & Nut Varieties. Third Edition. 1997. ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia.
- Handbook of Peach and Nectarine Varieties - Performance in the Southeastern United States and Index of Names. 1998. USDA-ARS, Byron, Georgia.
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No photos for this cultivar.
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