Self-Fertile Almond, Drought-Tolerant Rootstocks Among The Burchell Nursery Offerings [Slideshow]

(PPAF) Replacing June Flame®, this classic yellow-fleshed, freestone peach is firm and boasts good size and color throughout the canopy. Summer Flame®'s Fantastic flavor will be a best-seller. Productive. Harvests June 7 to 14. Requires 550 chill hours.

(PPAF) Summer Flare® 31 is a yellow clingstone nectarine with a balanced acid and sugar flavor profile. This variety has lovely color and finish, and uniformly large size and shape. Harvests Aug. 1 to 7. Requires 600 chill hours.

(PP#28,466) The Shasta® self-fertile almond variety is the first offering from the new Burchell Nursery Summit Almond Series®. Just as the great peaks of the world stand alone, so do the self-fertile varieties from our new Summit Almond Series developed by the Burchell Breeding Program. Fourteen years of painstaking work have once again produced an exceptional offering that is receiving great reviews throughout the industry. Beautiful, light, and smooth kernel. Monterey or Carmel type. Size 20/22 to 24/25 almonds/ounce. Early, heavy production, resulting in one harvest. High crack out 60 to 65%, good for both shelled and in-shell use. Blooms and harvests with or slightly ahead of Nonpareil.

Guardian® is a peach rootstock used with almonds, peaches, nectarines, plums, prunes, and apricots. One of the only rootstocks tolerant of ring nematode, which is thought to be partially responsible for peach tree short life. A good vigorous rootstock to use in replant situations or on soils known to have nematode or bacterial canker problems.

(PP#21,248) Cornerstone is a highly desirable hybrid rootstock for almonds, and stone fruit in drought conditions. One of the most salt-tolerant rootstocks* with high vigor and excellent anchorage. It has consistently been one of the highest producers at the Gemperle Rootstock Trial in Turlock, CA. A Burchell Nursery exclusive. *Sept./Oct. 2014 Almond Facts, page 35 article by farm advisor David Doll.