Sweet Peach

[7879fordman]

Dixie red is the best peach period . I have been in the peach business for 30 years now . Heck my feet are propped up right now by peaches .
Peaches are what I do .


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[MacLawn]

:greenthumb:

:applause:

I have to bow to me old peach farmer - Dixie Reds are sweetest, eh? Ok, I'll have to find some!

Oh, 7879, get ye old boots off'n ye peach stand! Didn't ye Mammy teach ye no better??


"An apple is an excellent thing, until you have tried a peach."
George du Maurier (1834 — 1896)

 

[7879fordman]

:greenthumb:

:applause:

I have to bow to me old peach farmer - Dixie Reds are sweetest, eh? Ok, I'll have to find some!

Oh, 7879, get ye old boots off'n ye peach stand! Didn't ye Mammy teach ye no better??

"An apple is an excellent thing, until you have tried a peach."
George du Maurier (1834 — 1896)

The Dixie red is a old peach about died off . Doubt them Georgia boys grow any never heard them say they had them .

Boots are new and that's the way ya sat .

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Dixie red is the best peach period . I have been in the peach business for 30 years now . Heck my feet are propped up right now by peaches .
Peaches are what I do .
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Now that's what I'm talking about. Heck, I'm wondering if this variety is old, if it weren't the one I had as a weanling. One Dixie Red tree coming up. Gosh I hope that's it. I brought this conversation up with a farmer down the street from me. He doesn't grow peaches but stated when his dad was alive he had a peach tree called "Gloria"
that he remembers as the sweetest peach he ever et. He remembered it from the song "Gloria" that Laura Brannigan used to sing in the 80's. I hope he got the name right as there are so many song titles with girls names. Ever hear of that one FM ?

 

[7879fordman]

Now that's what I'm talking about. Heck, I'm wondering if this variety is old, if it weren't the one I had as a weanling. One Dixie Red tree coming up. Gosh I hope that's it. I brought this conversation up with a farmer down the street from me. He doesn't grow peaches but stated when his dad was alive he had a peach tree called "Gloria"
that he remembers as the sweetest peach he ever et. He remembered it from the song "Gloria" that Laura Brannigan used to sing in the 80's. I hope he got the name right as there are so many song titles with girls names. Ever hear of that one FM ?

The peach tree that's grown from the seed would not have been the peach that the tree was because these trees have been being spliced 100's of years ago . So who knows what the seed made as a name .

I have 50 trees right now that was grown from seed . The name will be what I give them as they really have no name as there a new tree .
Hope that makes since to ya .

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[pacerron]

Now that's what I'm talking about. Heck, I'm wondering if this variety is old, if it weren't the one I had as a weanling. One Dixie Red tree coming up. Gosh I hope that's it. I brought this conversation up with a farmer down the street from me. He doesn't grow peaches but stated when his dad was alive he had a peach tree called "Gloria"
that he remembers as the sweetest peach he ever et. He remembered it from the song "Gloria" that Laura Brannigan used to sing in the 80's. I hope he got the name right as there are so many song titles with girls names. Ever hear of that one FM ?

Do you know which of the varieties you have chosen so far are "clingstone" and which are " freestone" ?

 

[dave1949]

You need to adjust for hardiness zones too. For example an early blooming variety from Georgia or Arkansas could get spring frost damage in RI. Although the cooler temperatures in RI may delay it some, it will still be responding to increasing daylight hours.

Here's some neat info about peaches. See the varieties chart.
AG-30B

When choosing a peach variety, the main features to consider are the chilling requirement, the time of ripening, and the intended market for the crop. The characteristics of various peach and nectarine varieties are listed in Table 1. As mentioned previously, varieties with less than a 750-hour chilling requirement should not be planted in North Carolina because of the risk of crop loss due to spring frosts or freezes. Time of ripening is especially critical for commercial growers who sell to local markets, roadside retail, or have pick-your-own operations. It is recommended that growers select multiple varieties that will ripen over a six- to eight-week period. Thus, the harvest season can be extended, and repeat business is possible. For roadside retail sales, it is essential to have varieties with overlapping maturity dates for a continual supply of fruit. Variety selection should be tailored to consumer demands in a given locale.

 

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You need to adjust for hardiness zones too. For example an early blooming variety from Georgia or Arkansas could get spring frost damage in RI. Although the cooler temperatures in RI may delay it some, it will still be responding to increasing daylight hours.

Here's some neat info about peaches. See the varieties chart.
AG-30B

When choosing a peach variety, the main features to consider are the chilling requirement, the time of ripening, and the intended market for the crop. The characteristics of various peach and nectarine varieties are listed in Table 1. As mentioned previously, varieties with less than a 750-hour chilling requirement should not be planted in North Carolina because of the risk of crop loss due to spring frosts or freezes. Time of ripening is especially critical for commercial growers who sell to local markets, roadside retail, or have pick-your-own operations. It is recommended that growers select multiple varieties that will ripen over a six- to eight-week period. Thus, the harvest season can be extended, and repeat business is possible. For roadside retail sales, it is essential to have varieties with overlapping maturity dates for a continual supply of fruit. Variety selection should be tailored to consumer demands in a given locale.

Thanks for this Dave. I'm figuring what I read in the plant catalogs as far as location advised for certain species is good enough for me. I had a chuckle when I read in the article what the primary reasoning should be for selecting peach varieties. My criteria is "sweetness" and that's it.

 

[npalen]

I've never tasted peaches as sweet as those we had when I was a kid. Could it be that our taste buds are more discriminating and sensitive to sweets at an early age? We buy peaches here in central Kansas that are brought in from Colorado. People line up behind the truck to pay $29 for a small box of them. Yes, they are good.

 

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The peach tree that's grown from the seed would not have been the peach that the tree was because these trees have been being spliced 100's of years ago . So who knows what the seed made as a name .

I have 50 trees right now that was grown from seed . The name will be what I give them as they really have no name as there a new tree .
Hope that makes since to ya .

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Ok so let me get this straight. Any peach tree I buy will be grown from a seed or sprouting correct? So the original tree produced some very sweet peaches. The seed will not produce the same tree? How then can one select based on sweetness? I've had unbelievably sweet peaches from the exact same tree that other peaches have tasted way less sweet and this is within the same crop! This is turning way more complicated than I like.