64. Volume 10- Number 2 - IP Australia

PLANT VARIETIES JOURNAL 1997 VOL 10 NO. 2
PUBESCENCE ON TERMINAL RACEME AND PODS
dense dense dense dense sparse
NUMBER OF RACEMES PER PLANT
mean 7.25 4.57 5.58 5.95 10.52
std deviation 2.30 1.17 2.20 2.58 2.97
LSD/sig 0.97 P#0.01 P#0.01 P#0.01 P#0.01
POD LENGTH (mm)
mean 79.3 99.6 99.2 98.5 72.8
std deviation 5.19 8.87 8.91 8.37 4.76
LSD/sig 3.14 P#0.01 P#0.01 P#0.01 P#0.01
POD WIDTH (mm)
mean 5.32 6.43 6.08 6.15 4.81
std deviation 0.23 0.32 0.30 0.29 0.22
LSD/sig 0.13 P#0.01 P#0.01 P#0.01 P#0.01
SEEDS PER POD
mean 13.2 12.7 12.3 11.9 11.3
std deviation 1.20 1.51 1.39 1.72 1.40
LSD/sig 0.63 ns P#0.01 P#0.01 P#0.01
WEIGHT 100 SEEDS (g) – on plot basis
4.54 6.94 6.93 7.17 3.83
NECTARINE
Prunus persica var nucipersica
‘Ruby Diamond’
Application No: 95/164 Accepted: 19 Jun 1995.
Applicant: Lowell G Bradford and Norman G Bradford,
Le Grand, California, USA.
Agent: Peter Buchanan, Buchanan’s Nursery,
Tenterfield, NSW.
Description (Figure 27) Plant: tree, large and vigorous,
growth habit spreading and dense, hardy, very productive
with regular bearing. Stem and branch: normal size for
stone fruit trees, due to different age there occurs a great
variation in stem and branch size; colour first year wood top
side greyish red, underside brilliant yellow green; older
wood deep yellowish brown; lenticels are numerous and
very small. Leaf: size large (mean length 152mm, width
38mm), apex acuminate, base acute, colour surface dorsal
moderate olive green, ventral moderate yellow green
margin finely serrate, venation is pinnately net veined;
glands present at the petiole base, 2-4 per leaf, position
opposite on petiole and leaf base, size medium, reniform,
colour moderate yellow green. Flower bud: hardy, size and
length medium surface pubescent. Flower: large showy
bloom, light pink colour, bloom period is mid season. Fruit:
size uniform, large mean diameter axially 65.1 mm,
transversely in suture plane 65.1 mm, ripening time first –
second week Jan, variations occur from season to season,
form uniform, very symmetrical, globose with some slight
truncation at the base, suture an inconspicuous shallow line
existing from the base to the apex, becoming deeper toward
the apex; cavity flaring, circular, suture showing on outside
only, base slightly truncate with stem marking typical, apex
rounded, stem medium (mean length 9.5 mm); skin
thickness medium, texture medium, tenacity tenacious to
flesh, tendency to crack none observed as of yet in USA or
Australia; colour deep red over the entire surface with some
very small greyish reddish orange freckling near the apex
end; flesh colour orange yellow with some moderate red
fibres; juice abundant and rich; texture very firm, tough,
crisp; fibres abundant, fine; ripening even; flavour a blend
of acid and sugar; aroma slight. Stone: type freestone, form
oval to oblong, sides equal, colour light brown , tendency to
split none. Kernel: form oval, taste sweet, viability yes.
Origin Controlled pollination: ‘Red Diamond’ x unknown.
Breeders: Lowell G Bradford and Norman G Bradford,
California, USA. Selection criteria: productivity, early
ripening, full red skin overcolour, freestone type.
Propagation: vegetative by budding and grafting.
Comparative Trial The description is based on a US plant
patent. The qualified person states that ‘Red Diamond’ and
‘Summer Grand’ are the closest comparators available in
Australia.
Prior Applications and Sales
Country Year Status Name Applied
USA 1992 granted ‘Ruby Diamond’
Description: Peter Buchanan, Tenterfield, NSW.
PERENNIAL RYEGRASS
Lolium perenne
‘Aries HD’ syn CSLp90-102
Application No: 96/015 Accepted: 7 Feb 1996.
Applicant: Wrightson Seeds Limited, Christchurch, New
Zealand.
Agent: Wrightson Seeds Australia (Pty) Limited,
Laverton, VIC.
Description (Table 27) Plant: Diploid (2n = 2x = 14);
medium heading (19.9 days after 5 Oct). Stem: long
(674mm), 4.9 nodes per stem. Leaf: vegetative length
intermediate (176 mm), width intermediate (5.76 mm); flag
length intermediate (181mm), width intermediate
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