Volume 50 Number 3 Article 30
Year 1996 Month 7
Title: The Non-Melting Semi-Freestone Peach
Authors: T.G. Beckman and W.B. Sherman
Abstract:
Since the unconfirmed report by Blake nearly
60 years ago, the combination of non-melting
flesh with the freestone trait in peach has been a
long sought goal of breeders.
Non-melting flesh,
semi-freestone peach selections were found in
1992 and confirmed on budded trees fruiting in
1995. These unique phenotypes are segregants
from two sources: Fla. 9-20C and Fla. 9-26C.
Crosses of open-pollinated selections from both
sources with 'Oro A' have also produced nonmelting
semi-freestone selections.
Test crosses
are in progress to determine the specific genotypes of these selections and that of their progenitors.
At this time we assume their genotype
to be non-melting freestone (F_mm) which
would be consistent with the original hypothesis
of 2 genes, each with 2 alleles.
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