| Cultivar Name: |
Mission
|
| Type |
Almond |
| Synonyms |
Texas, Texas Mission
|
| Patent |
Not Patented
|
| Parentage |
chance seedling
|
| Species |
Prunus dulcis
|
| Usage |
Scion
|
| Chill Requirement |
500 chill hours required
|
| Bloom Time |
+6
days relative to Nonpareil
|
| S Genotype |
SaSb |
| CIG |
II |
| Nut Classification |
Mission
|
| Kernal Size |
Small
|
| Nut Shell |
Semi-Hard
|
| Tree Size |
Large
|
| Yield |
High
|
| Ripening time |
+4
weeks relative to
Nonpareil
|
| Self Compatible |
No - Not Self Compatible
|
| Pollinators |
Butte, Nonpareil, Livingston, Ruby, Padre
|
| Description |
Originated as a chance seedling in Texas, about 1891. Susceptible to Ceratosystis and salt injury. |
| References |
- The Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit & Nut Varieties. Third Edition. 1997. ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia.
- 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
- L.E. Cooke Co. Fruit and Nut Tree Variety Descriptions. Link
- Burchell Nursery Fruit and Nut Tree Varieties. Link
- Dave Wilson Nursery. Link
- Characteristics of California Almonds, Growing Advantage. Link
- 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
- Burchell Nursery Almond Cross-Compatibility Chart; Link
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