Table 2 Fruit quality attributes of Pop-DG parent cultivars, 'Dr. Davis' and 'Georgia Belle'

Ripening date

Later

Earlier

Skin color

Blush on orange ground

Green/yellow, no blush

Flesh color

Yellow-orange

White-cream

Stone adhesion

Clingstone

Freestone

Flesh texture

Firm, non-melting flesh

Soft, melting flesh

Aroma

Bland

Sharp

Sweetness (SSC)

11.5

13.0

Acidity (TA)

High

Low

Mealiness

None

High susceptibility

Browning

Medium susceptibility

High susceptibility

Bleeding

High susceptibility

Low susceptibility