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Cultivar
Selection Guide for Florida-Grown Pomegranates: Horticultural Traits [but, first, please see the Notes]. stle@ufl.edu],
University of Florida |
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Prepared by Bill Castle [bcastle@ufl.edu], University of Florida |
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Selection [For photos of a selection, click on the pom name] |
Also known as: |
Origin |
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Yield
Potential1 |
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Fruit |
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Seed/Aril2 |
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Juice3 |
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General
remarks |
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USDA ID4 |
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Quantity |
Notes |
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Size5 |
Color |
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Size |
Color |
Hardness |
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Flavor |
Brix |
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Afganski |
Russian [R] 26 |
Turkmenistan |
DPUN 071 |
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H |
Good early bearing with consistent cropping |
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S-M |
Yellow-red accent |
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M-L |
Red |
H |
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Mild, slightly tart |
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Alk Pust Ghermez Saveh |
Iran [I] 2 |
Iran |
DPUN 076 |
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L |
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S |
Yellow-Pink |
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M |
Yellow |
M |
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Good |
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Fruit tear-drop shaped and squarish; thin peel |
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Al-sirin-nar |
R6 |
Turkmenistan |
DPUN 060 |
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H++ |
Precocious; heavy cropping |
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M-L |
Red |
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L |
Red |
H |
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Very good; slightly tart |
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Apseronski |
R29 |
Turkmenistan |
DPUN 072 |
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L |
Clearly lower yielding than Ap. krasnyi |
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S-M |
Pink-red |
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M-L |
Pearl |
M |
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Different taste; good; |
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Apseronski krasnyi |
R12 |
Turkmenistan |
DPUN 065 |
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L-M |
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M |
Light red |
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L |
Pearl |
M |
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Mild, pleasant, |
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Azadi |
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Turkmenistan |
DPUN 135 |
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H |
Precocious; bears consistently good crops |
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M-L |
Yellow; sometimes pinkish |
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M-L |
Pink tips |
S |
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Sweetish, pleasant |
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Bala Miursal |
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Azerbaijan |
DPUN 070 |
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L-H |
Young-tree cropping is variable |
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M |
Mostly pinkish |
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M-L |
Pearl |
H |
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Bland |
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Boris #2 |
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North Carolina |
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L-M |
[information from a few
young trees at two locations] |
S |
Yellow, pink accent |
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M |
Pink tips |
H |
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Tart |
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Christina |
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North Florida |
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M-H |
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M-L |
Yellow |
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M-L |
Dark cream |
H |
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Mild |
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McTeer: Canopy and
fruit less affectd by diseases |
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Cranberry |
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California |
DPUN 086 |
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H |
[rating based on only one tree] |
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M-L |
Red |
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L |
Red |
M |
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Tart |
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Desertnyi |
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Turkmenistan |
DPUN 108 |
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H |
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S |
Pinkish-red |
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S |
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S++ |
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Slightly tart |
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Excellent peel and red aril colors develop by July. |
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Entek Habi saveh |
I 8 |
Iran |
DPUN 079 |
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L |
Seems prone to sunburn and fruit splitting |
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S |
Yellow, pink accent |
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S |
Pearl |
M |
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Tart |
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Red color in peel at ends of fruit |
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Eve |
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California |
DPUN 044 |
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M |
Precocious |
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M |
Red |
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L |
Red |
H |
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Pleasant; mild |
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Eversweet |
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Lebanon; California |
DPUN 050 |
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M |
[information from a few
young trees at one site] |
L |
Yellow |
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L |
Light yellow |
M |
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Mild; sweet |
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Gainey sweet |
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Cairo, GA |
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H |
Consistent cropping; precocious |
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M-L |
Mostly yellow |
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M-L |
Light yellow |
M |
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Sweet, pleasant |
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McTeer: Canopy and
fruit less affected by diseases |
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Girkanets |
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Turkmenistan |
DPUN 126 |
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H |
Precocious; good consistent cropping |
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M-L |
Red |
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M-L |
Red |
M |
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Very good; sweet/tart |
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Gissarskii rozovyi |
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Turkmenistan |
DPUN 107 |
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L-H |
Trees very variable in cropping |
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M-L |
Yellow-pinkish |
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M-L |
Pink tips |
S |
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Very good; tart |
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Granada |
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California |
DPUN 279 |
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M |
Trees can be variable in yield |
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M-L |
Mostly pinkish |
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M |
Pearl |
M-H |
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Bland |
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Jimmy Roppe |
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Private home, Georgia,
USA |
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M |
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M |
Green-yellow |
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M |
Light yellow |
H |
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Bland |
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Kaim-anor |
R7 |
Azerbaijan |
DPUN 061 |
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H |
Consistently good cropping |
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M-L |
Mostly red, yellow accent |
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M |
Pearl |
M |
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Pleasant, mild |
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Seeds roundish and plump like pearls |
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Kaj-acik-anor |
R9 |
Turkmenistan |
DPUN 063 |
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L-M |
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M |
Yellow-light pink accent |
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M |
Pink |
M |
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Good; mild,; slightly tart |
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Kala Bala Miursal |
R16 |
Azerbaijan |
DPUN 066 |
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M-H |
[rating based on only one tree] |
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L |
Pink |
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M-L |
Red |
H |
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Pleasant with some tartness |
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Kazake |
R30 |
Uzbekistan |
DPUN 073 |
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M |
Consistent from tree to tree |
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S |
Yellow |
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M |
Red tips |
S-M |
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Very good |
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Fruit tear-drop shaped |
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Kunduzski |
R24 |
Turkmenistan |
DPUN 069 |
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L |
Cropping very poor so far on 5 year old plants |
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S |
Red |
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M |
Pink-Lt. red |
S |
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Mild, pleasant, slightly tart |
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Larkin |
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Wewahitchka, FL |
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H+ |
Small tree; very precocious; heavy cropping |
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M |
Mostly pinkish |
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S |
Light yellow |
M |
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Pleasant like Azadi |
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Fruit splitting problem? |
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Mack Glass |
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Private home, Marianna, FL |
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M |
[information from a few
young trees at one site] |
M |
Yellow, pink accent |
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S |
Pink tips |
H |
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Tart, sour |
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Medovyi Vahsha |
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Turkmenistan |
DPUN 109 |
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H+ |
Excellent, consistent cropping |
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S-M |
Light red |
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M-L |
Red |
S |
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Mild, pleasant |
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Excellent peel and red aril colors develop by July. |
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Nikitski ranni |
R19 |
Turkmenistan |
DPUN 019 |
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H |
Cropped well at Univ. Georgia farm, Tifton |
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M |
Light red |
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L |
Light pink |
H |
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Good, sweet |
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Padgett |
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Private home, Perry, FL |
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M |
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M-L |
Yellow, pink accent |
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S-M |
Red |
H |
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Tart, sour |
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Parfyanka |
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Turkmenistan |
DPUN 124 |
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L-M |
Consistent among plants |
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M-L |
Pink |
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S-M |
Red |
S |
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Very good; tart |
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Plantation Sweet |
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An old Georgia plantation |
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M |
[information from a few
young trees at one site] |
L |
Yellow, pink accent |
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M-l |
Red |
H |
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Tart |
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Propagated in the 1940s at the University of Georgia farm, Tifton |
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Red Silk |
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Private, Tifton area, GA |
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M-H |
[information from a few
young trees at one site] |
M |
Red |
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M |
Red |
M-H |
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Tart and pleasant |
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Saartuzski |
R31 |
Turkmenistan |
DPUN 074 |
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L |
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S-M |
Light orange-yellow |
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S-M |
White-lt. pink |
H |
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Tart |
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Sakerdze |
R5 |
Turkmenistan |
DPUN 059 |
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M- H |
Consistent year to year and across all plants |
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M-L |
Pinkish |
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M-L |
Red |
H |
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Tart |
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Salavatski |
R8 |
Turkmenistan |
DPUN 062 |
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H+ |
Early bearing, very strong consistent cropping |
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M-L |
Mostly yellow |
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M |
Lgiht pink |
M |
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Very good |
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Shari's |
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Medart, FL |
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H+ |
Small tree; very precocious; heavy cropping |
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S-M |
Mostly red, yellow accent |
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S-M |
Pink tips |
M |
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Tart |
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Shirin Pust Ghermez Saveh |
I 11 |
Iran |
DPUN 080 |
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M |
[rating based on only a few trees] |
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L |
Pink-red |
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M |
Light red |
M |
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Mild, slightly tart |
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Shirin Zigar |
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Turkmenistan |
DPUN 103 |
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L |
Slow to start bearing followed by light crops |
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S-M |
Red |
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M |
Pink tips |
M |
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Bland |
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Sin pepe |
Pink Satin; Pink Ice |
Chico, California |
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L-M |
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M |
Mostly yellow |
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M |
Light yellow |
S |
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Sweet |
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Sirenevyi |
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Turkmenistan |
DPUN 51 |
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L-M |
Seems to come into bearing later
than other cultivars; tall, upright plants |
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M-L |
Yellow-orange [peach] |
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M |
Red |
S-M |
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Very good |
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Surh-anor |
R33; Pecos |
Turkmenistan |
DPUN 075 |
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H+ |
Ex. consistent cropping with early bearing |
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M-L |
Yellow; pink accent |
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M |
Pink tips |
M |
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Sweet with slight tartness |
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Sweet |
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California |
DPUN 30 |
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M-H |
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L |
Yellow, pink accent |
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M |
Light pink tips |
M |
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Mild |
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Tabestani Malas Biranden Saveh |
I6 |
Iran |
DPUN 077 |
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L |
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M |
Red |
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M |
Red |
Red |
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Good; slight sweetness; tart |
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Vietnam |
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Vietnam |
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H |
Trees are mostly evergreen and vigorous |
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M-L |
Mostly yellow; pink accent |
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L |
Light red |
H |
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Mild, |
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Seeds have large embryo. Plants
are virtually all seedlings |
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Vkusnyi |
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Turkmenistan |
DPUN 117 |
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Bears early and very good consistent crops |
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L |
Dark red |
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M |
Dark red |
S-M |
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Very good; mild, slightly tart |
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Vories |
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Gainesville, FL |
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M |
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L |
Yellow |
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M |
Light yellow |
H |
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Sweet |
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Wonderful |
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California |
DPUN 081 |
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L-H |
Potential to bear 100+ fruit by
age 4 years, but may alternate bear; also, may require 3-4 years before good
cropping starts to occur. |
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L |
Yellow-orange [peach] |
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Red |
M |
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Very good; slightly tart |
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Key to Symbols |
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Ex. = Excellent; H = High or Hard; Lt. = Light; L = Low; M = Medium; S = Small; Sl = Slight |
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