Variety: 95-05-042-N. Red skin yellow flesh nectarine
Origin: obtained by natural breeding by Planasa in Cartaya, Huelva, (Spain). Protected variety. EU 1668 (23-10-01) in process.
Time of ripening: Extremely early (12 days before Zincal® 5) **

TREE CHARACTERISTICS
Vigour: Very vigorous. Foliage has a yellowish dyeing
Growth habit: semi spreading, tree grows early with many secondary shoots
Flowering time: Extra early (50% before January 31st)
Flower type: Rosaceae
Flowering level: Very high
Fruit set: Medium
 
PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES
Regular pruning: Thick branches should be left. They can later be pruned during the winter if necessary.
Cleaning secondary branches during the thinning lets light better into the canopy. After de fruit picking a summer pruning is important to improve branch quality for the following year. Pruning should not be too strong I t should be done with a reduction on irrigation, in order to avoid the growth of new secondary branches.
Fruit thinning: Singling must be done when fruit is well set, because the variety has such an early blooming that it may have not been totally correct due to bad weather conditions.

FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS
Shape: Rounded - oblong
Suture: Marked
Apex: Slightly pointy
Stem cavity: Wide and deep.
Skin colour: 95 % Red
Ground colour: Cream yellow
Flesh colour: Completely yellow.
Firmness: Consistent
Sensibilities: Very little at apex are
Texture: Melting
Stone: medium to big size, cling
Split pits: Not often
Fruit size: B-C
Average weight: 100 g
Fruit picking: Three to four
Taste: Sweet for a Red skin yellow flesh nectarine, specially being such an early one.
º Brix: About 10

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
This nectarine is extremely early, with good flavour. When the year is rainy, production may be affected by its sensitivity to craking. Therefore this variety is especially fit for culture under plastic. This way size grows and there can be some earliness added.
On the other hand, under plastics older than one year, the skin colouring may be less intense.