Volume 51 Number 4 Article 35
Year 1997 Month 10
Title: īSunred` Nectarine
Authors: J.G. Williamson and W.B. Sherman
Abstract:
'Sunred' nectarine is a product of the
University of Florida's Prunus breeding
program.
A brief recounting of the early
history of this program is provided.
Professor Ralph Sharpe began breeding lowchill
peaches at the University of Florida
in 1952 after field tests in Florida revealed that none of the peach and nectarine cultivars available at the time were
suitable for commercial production in
Florida (11). Sharpe's primary goal was
to develop early-season, low-chill peach
cultivars with good commercial qualities
that would ripen in central Florida during
April and May (before California shipments began).
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