| Cultivar Name: |
Winters
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| Type |
Almond |
| Synonyms |
'seedling 13-1', 'UCD 13-1', 'UCD 36-52'
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| Patent |
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA) 2002 PP13286
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| Parentage |
3-1 x 6-27
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| Species |
Prunus dulcis
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| Usage |
Scion
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| Chill Requirement |
400 chill hours required
|
| Bloom Time |
-1
days relative to Nonpareil
|
| S Genotype |
SbSj |
| CIG |
X |
| Nut Classification |
Carmel
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| Kernal Size |
Medium
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| Kernal % of Nut |
57%
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| Nut Shell |
Soft
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| Tree Size |
Large
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| Yield |
High
|
| Ripening time |
+2
weeks relative to
Nonpareil
|
| Self Compatible |
No - Not Self Compatible
|
| Pollinators |
‘Winters’ is fully crosscompatible with all currently planted California almond cultivars, including the heavily planted cultivar ‘Nonpareil’
|
| Description |
‘Winters’ is an almond [Prunus dulcis Miller (D.A. Webb)] cultivar discovered by Kester, et al., from the breeding program of the University of California at Davis, Davis, CA. The name ‘Winters’ refers to the town of Winters, CA, which is the site of the University of California Wolfskill Experimental Orchards where the ‘Winters’ cultivar was initially tested.
2-19e (Kester) and Winters top yielding among pollenizers |
| References |
- California Almonds Informational Pamphlet. Almond Board of California. Link
- Fowler Nursery Commercial Fruit and Nut Tree Variety Descriptions. Link
- Duarte Nursery Link
- Burchell Nursery Fruit and Nut Tree Varieties. Link
- Dave Wilson Nursery. Link
- HortScience, Winters Almond: An Early-blooming, Productive, and High-quality Pollenizer for Nonpareil. Link
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- 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
- Research Update:
Growing Almonds, Growing Advantage,The Almond conference, 2015; Link
- Burchell Nursery Almond Cross-Compatibility Chart; Link
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