Table 1. Fruit characteristics of nectarine cultivars grown at the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station, 1984-1992.
Cultivar	Flesh color*	Stone Freeness*	Skin Color
Harko/L*	Y	SF	Red
Redgold/L	Y	F	Red over yellow
Mericrest/L	Y	F	Bright red
Nectared #6/H	Y	F	Full red over yellow
Stark Redgold/L	Y	F	Yellow Red
Hardired/H	Y	F	Red
Francesco/H	Y	F	Red
Stark Sunglo/L	Y	F	Vivid red
Stark Crimson Gold	Y	F	Bright red
Garden State/H	Y	F	Orange-yellow undercolor overspread with red
Fantasia/L	Y	F	Bright red with yellow around color
Early Sun Grand/H	Y	SF	Red/Yellow
Redchief/L	W	F	Red
Nectared #4/H	Y	SF	Red
Tiger/H	O	F	Yellow spots on red skin
Durbin/L	Y	F	Red
Early King/L	--	F	Red
Firebright/L	Y	F	Red
Lafayette/H	W	F	Red
Flavortop H	Y	F	Blush red
Stark Early Bird	Y	F	Red

*L=Lovell rootstock, H=Halford rootstock, X=Yellow, W=White, SF=Semi-freestone, F=Freestone.

Table 2. Full bloom date of nectarine cultivars grown at the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station, 1990-1992.
Cultivars	Full bloom date
	1990	1991	1992
Early King	February 26	March 15	March 5
Tiger	February 26	March 17	March 10
Flavortop/H	February 26	March 19	March 7
Redgold	February 28	March 19	March 7
Stark Sunglo	February 28	March 17	March 10
Stark Redgold	February 28	March 17	March 10
Stark Crimson Gold	February 28	March 21	March 10
Francesco	February 28	March 17	March 10
Mericrest	March 3	March 19	March 10
Firebright	March 4	March 18	March 10
Garden State	March 4	March 17	March 10
Fantasia	March 4	March 19	March 10
Redchief	March 4	March 21	March 10
Nectared #6	March 4	March 19	March 12
Durbin	March 4	March 21	March 10
Harko	March 4	March 21	March 15
Early Sun Grand	March 5	March 22	March 10
Hardired	March 9	March 21	March 13
Nectared #4	March 9	March 24	March 15
Stark Early Bird	March 9	March 19	March 10
Lafayette	March 10	March 24	March 20

Table 3. Harvest date of nectarine cultivars grown at the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station, 1990-1992.
Cultivars	Harvest date
	1990	1991	1992
Early King	May 22-29	May 24-31	May 23-30
Stark Crimson Gold	June 11	June 11-25	June 15
Stark Early Bird	June 11	June 11-25	June 15-24
Durbin	June 11-20	June 11-25	June 15-24
Harko	June 26-July 5	July 12-26	June 23-24
Nectared #4	June 26-July 5	July 12-26	June 23-July 19
Stark Sunglo	June 26-July 9	July 2-12	July 19
Hardired	June 26-July 16	July 2-12	June 23-24
Flavortop/H	July 5-10	July 12-26	July 23
Mericrest	July 9-23	July 12-26	July 14
Redgold	July 10-25	July 12-26	July 9-14
Nectared #6	July 13-16	July 2-26	July 14
Fantasia	July 13-20	June 25-July 16	July 14-21
Tiger	July 16	July 18	--*
Stark Redgold	July 16-25	July 18-29	July 21-23
Francesco	July 16-25	July 18-29	July 14-21
Garden State	July 16-25	July 18-26	July 14-21
Early Sun Grand	July 20-30	June 25-July 26	June 23-24
Redchief	July 23-30	July 26-29	July 23
Firebright	--	--	--
Lafayette	--	July 18-29	July 21

* Missing data.

Table 4. Yield of nectarine cultivars grown at the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station, 1984-1992.
Cumulative	Year				Cumulative yield	4-year Avg.
	1988	1990	1991	1992
	---------------Yield (kg/tree)---------------
Tiger	12.1b	6.9f	4.3c	0.0f
Early King	--	4.9f	0d	0.0f	4.9	4.9
Early Sun Grand	--	15.3d-f	6.7bc	4.0f	26.1	8.6
Lafayette	28.6b	0-f	5.3bc	3.4f	37.4	12.4
Stark Early Bird	18.5b	3.09f	7.6abc	9.9d-f	39.2	10.0
Redchief	30.4b	13.9d-f	7.1bc	4.63f	56.2	14.0
Stark Crimson Gold	27.1b	25.2b-e	7.5abc	0.9f	60.9	15.2
Stark Redgold	30.8b	28.0b-e	6.2bc	5.0e-f	70.1	17.5
Flavortop/H	43.0a	3.4f	15.7a	8.9d-f	71.1	17.7
Nectared #4	30.1b	11.1ef	12.5ac	18.0c-f	71.9	18.1
Fantasia	36.2b*	15.8d-f	13.7a	6.6d-f	72.4	18.1
Francesco	19.8b	27.2b-e	13.7a	12.2d-f	73.0	18.2
Garden State	24.8b	21.0b-e	4.2c	24.6b-c	74.7	18.6
Firebright	38.8b	4.1f	9.9ac	25.9b-d	78.8	19.6
Durbin	21.7b	15.0d-f	8.0ac	38.0b	82.9	20.9
Nectarine #6	23.9b	31.7bcd	5.6bc	25.4b-d	86.7	21.5
Mericrest	20.2b	37.1bc	10.2ac	19.4b-f	87.0	21.7
Hardired	25.5b	27.9b-e	5.8bc	36.9b-c	96.1	24.0
Stark Sunglo	51.3a	26.0b-e	11.0ac	12.1d-f	100.6	25.0
Redgold	47.0a	45.2ab	13.8a	11.5d-f	117.6	29.2
Harko	52.1a	58.2a*	8.0ac	62.4a	180.8	45.2

*Means separated by Duncan's Multiple Range Test, 5% level.
Means with the same letter do not differ.

Table 5. Fruit characteristics of nectarine cultivars grown at Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS 1989-1995.
Cultivar	Flesh Color*	Stone Freeness*	Skin Color
Karla Rosa**	W	C	Red
Sunfre	Y	C	Bright Red
Carolina Red	Y	F	Red
Earliscarlet	Y	F	Red
Durbin	Y	F	Red
Early King	Y	F	Red
Red Gold	Y	F	Red over Yellow
Stark Sunglo	Y	F	Vivid Red
Fantasia	Y	F	Bright Red with Yellow

* W=White, Y=Yellow, C=Clingstone, F=Freestone
** All cultivars were grown on 'Lovell' rootstock

Table 6. Full bloom date of nectarine cultivars grown at Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS, 1989-1995.
Cultivar	Full Bloom Date
	1992	1993	1994	1995
Karla Rosa	February 20	February 27	February 19
Early King	February 20	February 28	February 22	February 18
Red Gold	February 22	February 25	March 1	February 24
Fantasia	February 22	February 28	March 2	February 23
Earliscarlet	February 23	March 1	February 28	February 21
Stark Sunglo	February 25	March 4	March 3	February 23
Durbin	February 26	March 4	March 6	February 28
Carolina Red	February 27	March 2	March 4	February 28
Sunfre	February 28	March 5	March 7	February 26

Table 7. Harvest date of nectarine cultivars grown at Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS 1989-1995.
Cultivar	Harvest Date
	1992	1993	1994	1995
Karla Rosa	May 27-June 5	June 2-8	June 6-14	May 30-June 12
Sunfre	May 27-June 2	June 7-8	June 7-17	May 30-June 12
Carolina Red	May 27-June 5	--*	June 7-14	May 30-June 19
Earliscarlet	May 27-June 5	--*	June 10-14	May 30-June 12
Early King	June 6-10	--*	June 6-10	May 30-June 12
Durbin	June 10-12	June 2-7	June 10-12	May 30-June 19
Red Gold	June 11-20	--*	June 21-28	June 26-29
Stark Sunglo	June 11-17	--*	June 17-21	June 26-29
Fantasia	June 11-16	--*	June 28-29	June 26-July 14

* Missing data.

Table 8. Yield of nectarine cultivars grown at Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS, 1992-1995.
Cultivar	Year				Cumulative yield	4-year avg
	1992	1993	1994	1995
	Yield (lb/tree)
Fantasia	4.1d	--*	2.0d	2.8c	8.80d	2.2
Stark Sunglo	2.1d	--	8.8c	1.8c	12.70d	3.2
Redgold	2.4d	--	8.1c	4.4bc	14.90d	3.7
Early King	19.6c	--	3.8d	7.8b	31.20c	7.8
Durbin	12.7c	5.2a	7.1c	9.2b	33.50c	8.4
Earliscarlet	9.7c	--	18.9b	5.7b	34.3c	8.6
Carolina Red	13.2c	--	18.1b	9.2b	40.50c	10.1
Sunfre	45.4a	6.3a	23.7b	1.3c	70.40b	17.6
Karla Rosa	29.6b	4.9a	51.18a	4.88a	90.56a**	22.6

* Denotes missing data due to a late spring frost which destroyed the crop.
** Means in columns separated by Duncan’s Multiple Range Test, 5 % level.