| Cultivar Name: |
Monterey
|
| Type |
Almond |
| Patent |
1974 PP03483
|
| Parentage |
sport of Nonpareil
|
| Species |
Prunus dulcis
|
| Usage |
Scion
|
| Chill Requirement |
450 chill hours required
|
| Bloom Time |
+1
days relative to Nonpareil
|
| S Genotype |
SbSd |
| CIG |
VI |
| Nut Classification |
Mission
|
| Kernal Size |
Medium
|
| Nut Shell |
Hard
|
| Tree Size |
Small
|
| Yield |
High
|
| Ripening time |
+4
weeks relative to
Nonpareil
|
| Self Compatible |
No - Not Self Compatible
|
| Pollinators |
Winters, Marcona, Avalon, Nonpareil, Price, Aldrich, Fritz, Carmel, Livingston, Padre
|
| Description |
Discovered and selected in 1962 by Robert and Kenneth Stretch in the Stretch Orchards, located at 8729 E. Mariposa Way, Merced, CA. Introduced in 1974 by Burchell Nursery.
Heavy and precocious producer, subject to frequent doubling, knocks well. |
| References |
- Major California Almond Varieties. Almond Board of California Link
- California Almonds Informational Pamphlet. Almond Board of California. Link
- 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
- Identification of Stylar RNases Associated with Gametophytic SelfIncompatibility
in Almond {Prunus dulcis); Link
- 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
- Burchell Nursery Almond Cross-Compatibility Chart; Link
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