Peach (Prunus persica) SUPERBA DE TOAMNA

Peach (Prunus persica) 'Superba de Toamnă'

Late Romanian white-fleshed variety with massive fruits.

'Superba de Toamnă' (translated as "Autumn Superb") is an exceptional Romanian peach variety. It is a very late variety characterized by white flesh and the production of huge fruits that can reach a weight of up to 400 g. Thanks to late flowering, it escapes spring frosts.

Main advantages of the variety:

• Massive fruits (150 – 400 g).
• Late ripening (September) – extends the peach season.
• Late and abundant flowering (protection against spring frosts).
• Fine, white, and juicy flesh.
• Very high and regular yield.

Origin and Registration

• Country of origin: Romania
• Institution: SCDP Băneasa
• Parentage: ‘Elberta’ × ‘Mayflower’
• Registration: 1977 – 1982

Variety Characteristics

Tree

• Vigor: Medium.
• Crown: Inverted pyramidal shape.

Fruit

• Size and Weight: Large to very large, weighing 150 – 400 g.
• Shape and Color: Round. The skin is white-yellow to white-cream, covered with a deep red blush with cherry-colored stripes and dots on the sunny side.
• Flesh: White to creamy-white, firm, fine, and juicy (white-fleshed variety).
• Taste: Sweet, aromatic, well-balanced.
• Stone: Freestone (separates from flesh).
• Usage: Universal (fresh consumption, industrial processing).

Resistance and Requirements

• Frost resistance: Resistant.
• Disease resistance: Resistant.
• Requirements: Requires a sunny location for good coloration and taste.

Cultivation Recommendations

• Flowering: Late and abundant, which naturally protects the variety from damage by late spring frosts.
• Pollination: Self-fertile.

Harvest and Storage

• Harvest time: Late, first to second decade of September (the latest variety in the assortment).
• Yield: Very high and regular.