| Cultivar Name: |
Ruby
|
| Type |
Almond |
| Patent |
Reedley Nursery, Reedley, Calif. 1958 PP01698
|
| Parentage |
open pollinated unknown seedling
|
| Species |
Prunus dulcis
|
| Usage |
Scion
|
| Chill Requirement |
550 chill hours required
|
| Bloom Time |
+7
days relative to Nonpareil
|
| S Genotype |
SbSe |
| CIG |
VIII |
| Nut Classification |
California
In Shell/Hard Shell
Mission
|
| Kernal Size |
Medium
|
| Kernal % of Nut |
53%
|
| Nut Shell |
Semi-Hard
|
| Tree Size |
Medium
|
| Yield |
High
|
| Flesh Color |
open pollinated unknown seedling
|
| Ripening time |
+4
weeks relative to
Nonpareil
|
| Self Compatible |
No - Not Self Compatible
|
| Pollinators |
pollenizer such as Butte, Livingston, Mission or Padre required
|
| Description |
Orig. in Le Grand, Calif., by Frederic W. Anderson. Selected in 1946. Introd. in 1958. |
| References |
- The Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit & Nut Varieties. Third Edition. 1997. ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia.
- California Almonds Informational Pamphlet. Almond Board of California. Link
- Fowler Nursery Commercial Fruit and Nut Tree Variety Descriptions. Link
- Duarte Nursery Link
- UC Davis Fruit and Nut Research & Information. Link
- Burchell Nursery Fruit and Nut Tree Varieties. Link
- Dave Wilson Nursery. Link
- Almond Almanac 2014. Link
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- The Evaluation and Selection of Current Varieties; written by WESLEY K. ASAI, WARREN C. MICKE, DALE E. KESTER, AND DONALD ROUGH; Link
- A Mutation in ‘Nonpareil’ Almond Conferring
Unilateral Incompatibility, written by Dale E. Kester and Warren C. Micke ; Link
- Almond Variety Development, team leader Gradziel; Link
- Multidimensional Analysis of S-alleles from Cross-incompatible Groups of California Almond Cultivars; written Barckley, Uratsu, Gradziel, Dandekar; Link
- Burchell Nursery Almond Cross-Compatibility Chart; Link
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