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Our Peaches include these varieties: For descriptions of other fruit trees grown at
Sage Hen Farm, go to our pages forApples,
Pears, Plums
& Cherries. |
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Variety Origin Date |
Fruit Size |
Skin |
Flesh & Flavor |
Bloom |
Tree
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Redhaven
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medium round with pronounced suture |
predominantly red over golden yellow | yellow with
red around pit, very firm, semi-freestone
sweet, full flavored, very juicy |
late April into May mid-August T3 z5 |
Merits:
bud hardy;
very productive (needs thinning); non-browning fruit; moderately
resistant to bacterial spot Special: the standard for flavor and juiciness for more than 70 years. |
| Saturn (Donut) (parentage includes Golden Globe, Early Hale, and a Yugoslavian Peento) New Brunswick, NJ, introduced by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station,1990 in conjunction with Stark Brothers of Missouri. |
small very flat |
white, with red blush; little fuzz usually; skin peels easily |
white, soft, freestone honey sweet, low acid, without much peach flavor, less juicy |
mid April into May mid- to late
August T2 z5 |
Merits:
showy blooms;
non-browning fruit; some resistance to peach leaf curl;
resistant to bacterial spot. |
| George
IV (George the Fourth) (unknown) New York, introduced by a Mr. Gill, 1821 |
large round with
broad suture |
pale yellow dotted with pinkish red and mottled dark red cheek; some fuzz |
white, soft, semi-freestone rich, intense, luscious peach flavor, very juicy |
mid April into May late August T2 z5 |
Merits:
hardy;
vigorous |
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Contender |
medium to large round |
orange-red over yellow |
light yellow, firm, freestone has been called the "most flavorful, fresh eating peach," very juicy |
early May early
September T1 z4 |
Merits:
bud hardy;
reliable & productive; non-browning fruit; aromatic;
moderately resistant to bacterial spot.
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Variety Origin Date |
Fruit Size |
Skin |
Flesh & Flavor |
Bloom |
Tree
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Rochester |
variable, medium to very large round with suture |
red over yellow |
yellow, medium soft, freestone to semi-freestone classic peach flavor (less sweet than most modern peaches), juicy |
late April into May early
Septemberr T3 z4 |
Merits:
bud hardy;
moderately resistant to bacterial spot. Special: more popular in England than in US; was the most popular peach on the Puget Sound islands during the early 20th Century; very rare in the US. |
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Madison |
medium round with prominent tip and suture |
bright red over greenish yellow, little fuzz |
orange yellow with red near pit, moderately firm, tender, freestone rich flavor, only moderately juicy |
May early to
mid-September T3 z4 |
Merits:
very bud
hardy; precocious bearer; resistant to bacterial spot; resistant
to peach leaf curl |
| Veteran (Vaughn x Early Elberta) 
Vineland, Ontario, introduced by the Horticultural Research Institute of Ontario in 1928 |
medium to large flatter than round |
yellow to yellow-orange, with little red; heavy fuzz, skin peels easily |
yellow, soft, more semi-freestone than freestone quite a rich flavor, juicy |
late April mid-
September T3 z4 |
Merits:
bud hardy;
showy blooms; reliable, usually very productive; moderately
resistant to bacterial spot. |
| Indian
Free (Indian Blood Free, Blood Free) (possible sport of Indian Cling) Uncertain. Reports are that native New Englanders were growing both cling and freestone varieties before colonists arrived or that the freestone variety was introduced by John M. Ives of Salem, Mass. after 1844 but before 1860 |
medium to large roundish, but
often lopsided |
mottled, splashed, and striped dark red and dull pink over greenish yellow; heavy fuzz |
varies from almost solidly red to predominantly beet red, except paler near the pit to red only near skin, firm sweet with snappy tartness, very juicy |
late April mid-
September T3 z5 |
Merits:
bud hardy;
showy blooms; reliable, moderately resistant to bacterial
spot and leaf peach curl. |
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NOTES: Bloom and Harvest: Bloom dates are vague, but since the earliest and latest blossoming trees have overlapped, I haven't paid as much attention to the actual dates. Harvest dates are not as exact as they may appear. They are based on the average date, August 15, that we have picked Red Haven peaches, and the number or days before or after the other varieties are usually ripe. Tree Vigor and Hardiness: Vigor means how large or small the tree will grow. T3 are larger trees that can reach 20 feet without dwarfing rootstock or regular pruning. T1 are naturally dwarfing trees that may only reach 8 to 10 feet even without dwarfing rootstock or pruning. Hardiness is based on how likely the tree will thrive based on the average annual minimum winter temperature using the 2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map as a guide. Zone 4's range is -20 to -30 (Fahrenheit) or -28.9 to -34.4 (Celsius). Zone 5's range is -10 to -20 (Fahrenheit) or -23.3 to-28.9 (Celsius). However, growing peaches in a frost pocket in the Finger Lakes region of New York State has been a challenge. We do not expect peach harvests every year, and we do not expect bountiful peach harvests more than once in three to five years. Other Peach Trees: Whether the problem was climate related or not, we have tried growing other varieties of peaches that have not survived. They include Eden, Finger Lakes Super Hardy, Glowingstar, Hale Haven, Harrow Diamond, Late Crawford, Loring, and Reliance.
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Resources:
This page written and maintained by John R. Henderson [jhenderson
@ ithaca.edu]. URL: http://www.sagehenfarmlodi.com/peach.html |
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