| Cultivar Name: |
Aldrich
|
| Type |
Almond |
| Patent |
Clarence E. Aldrich; Maryanne Aldrich, both of Hughson; Randal C. Aldrich, Waterford, all of Calif. 1984 PP05320
|
| Parentage |
Chance seedling
|
| Species |
Prunus dulcis
|
| Usage |
Scion
|
| Chill Requirement |
400 chill hours required
|
| Bloom Time |
Zero
days relative to Nonpareil
|
| S Genotype |
SbSc; does not have the S8 allele |
| CIG |
IV |
| Nut Classification |
California
Carmel
|
| Kernal Size |
Medium
|
| Kernal % of Nut |
59%
|
| Nut Shell |
Soft
|
| Tree Size |
Large
|
| Yield |
High
|
| Pit |
Does not apply
|
| Ripening time |
+2
weeks relative to
Nonpareil
|
| Self Compatible |
No - Not Self Compatible
|
| Pollinators |
Nonpareil, Butte, Carmel, Fritz*, Monterey, Price, Sonora, Wood Colony or other.
Not cross compatible with NePlus Ultra, Avalon, Price, Merced.
*Fritz will pollinate Aldrich but Aldrich will not pollinate Fritz
|
| Description |
Discovered in 1973 by Everett and Randall Aldrich as a chance seedling adjacent to a commercial orchard near Hughson, CA. |
| References |
- Register of New Fruit and Nut Varieties, Brooks and Olmo. List 36. September, 1994. HortScience, Vol. 29(9).
- Fowler Nursery Commercial Fruit and Nut Tree Variety Descriptions. Link
- Duarte Nursery Link
- Sierra Gold Nurseries Variety Descriptions. Link
- UC Davis Fruit and Nut Research & Information. Link
- Burchell Nursery Fruit and Nut Tree Varieties. Link
- Dave Wilson Nursery. Link
- Characteristics of California Almonds, Growing Advantage. 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
- Almond Varieties and Uses, Riverwest Processing, Inc.; Link
- Almond checklist: bloom, pollination and harvest timing, Western FarmPress; Link
- Burchell Nursery Almond Cross-Compatibility Chart; Link
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