An Unstable Mutation of the Shippers Late Red Peach

Abstract

From time to time mutations of various sorts have been found in commercial peach orchards throughout the nation. Many desirable mutations have been propagated, tested, and ultimately have become popular varieties in the commercial peach industry. Only rarely are such mutations found to be unstable; i.e., seem to revert to the "parent" or another type rather than continue as the originally observed sport type.