| Cultivar Name: |
Fritz
|
| Type |
Almond |
| Patent |
Burchell Nursery 1970 PP03005
|
| Parentage |
chance seedling
|
| Species |
Prunus dulcis
|
| Usage |
Scion
|
| Chill Requirement |
400 chill hours required
|
| Bloom Time |
+1
days relative to Nonpareil
|
| S Genotype |
SbSe |
| CIG |
VIII |
| Nut Classification |
California
Mission
|
| Kernal Size |
Small
|
| Kernal % of Nut |
50%
|
| Nut Shell |
Semi-Soft
|
| Tree Size |
Medium
|
| Yield |
High
|
| Pit |
Does not apply
|
| Ripening time |
+4
weeks relative to
Nonpareil
|
| Self Compatible |
No - Not Self Compatible
|
| Pollinators |
Winters, Marcona, Avalon, Price, Aldrich, Monterey, Merced, Nonpareil, and others.
|
| Description |
Originated in Manteca, California by John A. Fritz. Introd. in 1969. Assigned to Burchell Nursery, Modesto, Calif.
A good pollinator for Nonpareil.
Characterized by having small nuts having an extremely low percentage of doubles; easy to harvest, easy to hull. |
| 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
- 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
- Burchell Nursery Almond Cross-Compatibility Chart; Link
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