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Tree Fruit: TangOs® Peach

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Rutgers Tangos Peach
Rutgers Tangos Peach sliced

 

 

 

 


Variety: TangOs® Peach
Principal Investigator(s): Joseph Goffreda
Achievements: Dr. Joseph Goffreda received an “Inventor of the Year” award in 2015 from the NJ Inventors Hall of Fame for breeding ‘NJF16,’ a peach variety marketed under the name TangOs®.

This outstanding new selection ripens five days after Saturn, and has excellent size and firmness. The fruit has 100% yellow skin color, outstanding flavor and good shipping qualities. This exciting new variety is very different than Saturn in taste and texture. The tree is upright, vigorous, productive and resistant to bacterial spot.

Strengths & Qualities

  • Early mid-season yellow peach (-4)
  • Very attractive golden color
  • Good firmness
  • Excellent flavor
  • Clingstone with non-melting texture
  • Very low susceptibility to bacterial spot
  • This hybrid variety is known for being sweet, flat-shaped, and 100% yellow. Tree fruit growers prefer it because its non-melting flesh makes it safer to transport

Intellectual Property

  • US Plant Patent No. PP18,977 issued June 24, 2008
  • Peach Tree Named 'NJF16'

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