| Cultivar Name: |
Lovell
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| Type |
Peach Rootstock |
| Patent |
Not Patented
|
| Parentage |
Chance seedling
|
| Species |
Prunus persica
|
| Usage |
Scion and Rootstock
|
| Seed Available |
Seed available from Foundation Plant Services |
| Chill Requirement |
850 chill hours required
|
| Yield |
High
|
| Flesh Color |
Yellow
|
| Pit |
Freestone
|
| Ripening time |
+3
weeks relative to
Elberta
|
| Self Compatible |
Yes - Self Compatible
|
| Scion Vigor Influence |
Standard
|
| Soil Adaptation |
Suffers in waterlogged soils. More tolerant of wet soils than Nemaguard. Poor tolerance to calcareous soil.
|
| Climatic Adaptation |
Good; More cold hardy than Nemaguard
|
| Resistance Traits |
Susceptible to root-knot nematode; partly resistant to lesion nematode and ring nematode. Resistant or tolerant to bacterial canker; Susceptible to Phytophthora, Armillaria, crown gall.
|
| Graft Compatibility |
plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots, prunes, almonds
|
| Propagation Notes |
mainly by seed, FPS Recommended Method: 36-48 hour soak in water, 60 day stratification
|
| Propagation Method |
Seed
|
| Anchorage |
Good
|
| Suckering |
Low
|
| Description |
Lovell used to be a canning and drying peach before a rogue chance seedling of interest (in regards to rootstock) was discovered. Now widely used as a rootstock where root-knot nematode is not a problem. Origin: 1882, G.W. Thissell, Winters, CA.
Precocious. Not cold hardy.
In NC-140 Trials: 1984, 2001, 2002, 2009
Has been a standard peach rootstock for many years, but now is not widely used in California because of root-knot nematode susceptibility. |
| References |
- Handbook of Peach and Nectarine Varieties - Performance in the Southeastern United States and Index of Names. 1998. USDA-ARS, Byron, Georgia.
- Rootstocks for Fruit Crops. 1987. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Fowler Nursery Commercial Fruit and Nut Tree Variety Descriptions. Link
- Duarte Nursery Link
- Sierra Gold Nurseries Variety Descriptions. Link
- Dave Wilson Nursery. Link
- BioMed Central, Heterogeneity in the entire genome for three genotypes of peach [Prunus persica(L.) Batsch] as distinguished from sequence analysis of genomic variants; Link
- UCANR file 111484, Choosing the Right Rootstock for your almond orchard; Link
- Fowler Nursery, Rootstocks; Link
- Rootstocks, WSU Tree Fruit; Link
- Susceptibility of Prunus Rootstocks to Nematodes, UCANR; Link
- Field Confirmation of the Value of a New Approach to Replanting Stone Fruits, by Michael McKenry; Link
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