Peach questions and answers
HORTICULTUR
Peach
| Question | Answer | |
| 1 | Botanical name? | Prunus persia |
| 2 | Family ? | Rosaceae |
| 3 | Origin? | China |
| 4 | Botanically fruit is? | Stone fruit (also known as a drupe) |
| 6 | Climate? | Temperate |
| 7 | Flower colour? | Pink |
| 8 | Fruits have TSS about Brix? | 8-13° |
| 9 | Principle glycoside present in pulp of peach? | Prunacin |
| 10 | Among temperate fruits, peach has lowest? | Chilling requirement and earliest in flowering |
| 11 | Prunus behmi A natural hybrid of? | Almond X Peach |
| 12 | Swelling buds injured at? | 6-5 °C |
| 13 | System of high density planting is followed in peach? | Tatura trellies |
| 14 | Best time for pruning in peach? | Mild winter (December-January) |
| 15 | Rootstock Nemaguard resistant to? | Root knot nematode |
| 16 | Rootstock Myran resistant to? | tolerant to drought. Poor soil, root knot nematode and verticillium wilt |
| 17 | Fruiting takes place laterally on? | Previous seasons growth |
| 18 | Blooming period can be delayed by the Application of GA, (200 PPM) before leaf fall or by Application of ethephon to avoid risk of? | Spring frost |
| 19 | Peach is very susceptible to? | Fe deficiency |
| 20 | Application of ethephon (300 PPM) within-20 at petal fall in Julie Elberata is recommended for? | optimum fruit thinning |
| 21 | Peach requires high? | N and K |
| 22 | Bear fruits after? | 2 years |
| 23 | Self unfruitfull (male sterile variety)? | J.H. Hale |
| 24 | Cross between P. persia P. devidiana (Nematode resistant rootstock)? | Nemaguard |
| 25 | Cross between Sharbati X Flordarsum? | Sahranpur prabhat |
| 26 | Varieties for canning purpose? | Yellow flush, stone free |
| 27 | Varieties used for dehydration? | White flushed |
| 28 | Insect suck the sap from growing buds? | Peach aphid |
| 29 | Diseases causes white powdery substances on the leaves, buds and flowers? | Powdery mildew |
| 30 | Diseases caused by fungus; in which dark brown scattered lesion on leaves appear? | Shot hole |
| 31 | harvesting period of peach at? | 2nd week of April to 1st week of May |
| 32 | On an average, 20-30 kg fruits/tree can be harvested from? | 3 years old tree. |
Varieties
| Early | ||
| Alton | Quetta | Saharanpur Prabhat |
| Early candor | Red haven | Stark red gold |
| World’s earliest | ||
| Mid | ||
| Julie Elberta | Co smith | Alexander |
| Late | ||
| J.H. Hale | Peregrine | Parrot delux |
| Mid hills | ||
| Stark earlyglo | Candor | White giant |
| Subtropical region | ||
| Flordasum | Sharbati | Dawn rose |
| Dawn rambler | Nectarine | |
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