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The `Xiami' peach [Prunus persica SummerHoney(`Xiami')] has been released by the Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Council of Agriculture to provide a late maturity in the last few days of May to mid June, a large peach, high yielding, excellent quality, melting, white with red fleshed, freestone, with a very low chilling requirement of around 125 chill units. `Xiami' peach is named for its late ripening time, juicy, low acid, and sweet fruit.
Preharvest germination (viviparity) can be a problem with nuts of pecan [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch]. Two southern-adapted cultivars (`Cherokee' and `Wichita') and one northern-adapted cultivar (`Johnson') were paternal parents in controlled crosses with the maternal parent `Wichita'. `Wichita' × `Johnson' seed took much longer to germinate than seed from either the `Wichita' × `Cherokee' cross or the `Wichita' self, therefore indicating that pollen source may influence germination characteristics.