Properties of late-ripening peach hybrids

Abstract

From the progeny obtained by open-pollination of J. H. Hale cultivar, five midle late or late ripening hybrids were selected. During 1995 and 1996 important pomological properties of those hybrids were examined. Based on results of discriminant analysis, in the case when yield was taken as the most important character, the following order of hybrids was obtained: AO 21; AO 3; AO 10; AO 14; AO 6. When fruit weight was taken as the most important character, the following order of hybrids was obtained: AO 14; AO 6; AO 10; AO 21; AO 3, and when total sugar content was taken as the most important property, hybrids were classified as follow: AO 21; AO 3; AO 10; AO 6; AO 14.