Rochester x hybrid (Prunus amygdalus x Prunus persica). Obtained at the State Nikitsky Botanical Garden. Author N.I. Ryabov. Introduced into the State Register in 1965 for the North Caucasus region.
Medium-sized tree. Crown is broadly oval, weakly spreading. Flowers are rose-like.
Medium-sized fruits, 80-100 g, broadly oval in shape. Weak ventral suture. Skin is greenish-cream with dark-red blush covering almost the entire fruit, densely woolly-hairy, medium thickness and density, easily separates from flesh. Pit is wide, medium depth. Fruit apex is rounded with a small depression. Flesh is white, fibrous, tender, very juicy, aromatic. Taste is sweet, satisfactory. Stone is medium size, does not separate. Fruits contain 8.37-11.76% sugars, 0.4-0.64% acids, and 16.9 mg/100g of ascorbic acid in raw mass. Suitable for table use.
Self-fertile variety. Early ripening. High yield. Moderate winter hardiness. Moderate disease resistance.
Advantages: early ripening, increased winter hardiness.
Disadvantages: small fruit size and low fruit quality.
