Breeding Program results - Extreme

Breeding Program results

As the result of the research carried out in the Breeding Program, we have obtained the following 711 pre-selections in the year 2009-2010.

               TYPOLOGY Nr OF PRESELECTIONS
Red peach yellow flesh
                  211
Red peach white flesh
                  53
Yellow flesh nectarine
                  148
White flesh nectarine
                  35
Clingstone peach
                  104
Yellow flesh Paraguayan peach
                  23
White flesh Paraguayan peach
                  22
Yellow flesh platerina®
                  9
White flesh platerina®                   8
Yellow prune
                  32
Black prune
                  41
Red prune
                  10
Bicolour prune
                  9
Apricot                   9
TOTAL                 711

From these 711 pre-selection plants for the year 2009-2010 we have obtained  46 varieties:

                 TYPOLOGY Nr. OF VARIETIES
Red peach yellow flesh                 12
Red peach white flesh                  5
Yellow flesh nectarine                 11
White flesh nectarine                  3
Clingstone peach                  7
Yellow flesh Paraguayan peach                  4
White flesh Paraguayan peach                  3
Yellow flesh platerina®                  1
TOTAL                 46

We can distinguish these 46 varieties by its Extreme® and Fresh®  typology.

The principle characteristics of the varieties with Extreme® typology are:

  • Excellent taste and low acidity
  • Firm, crunchy and juicy flesh with long life in the tree and after harvest
  • Excellent qualities for the fourth grade for its flesh oxidity resistance

Fresh® typology characteristics:

  • Fresh and sweet taste with some acidity
  • Juicy, sweet, crunchy and firm flesh  mixed with a bit of acidity
  • Resistant to manipulation, storage and transportation
  • Slow ripening