-Full Sun– Full size on own roots, space 15′-20′ apart
From a small grove of wild peaches just down the road from us. They are persisting and bearing fruit underneath of 60′ tall hickory and oak trees at the edge of a forest–quite a feat for any peach! They ripen extremely late in the season–September through October depending on the year. The fruits are small, a little larger than a golfball, but the pit is smaller than a regular peach too. The flesh is white and fairly dry like an apricot, and totally freestone–the pit falls out on its own. Could be a hit at farmers markets as a “two-bite” peach without any mess–a convenience food like cherry tomatoes or grapes. There are anecdotal reports all over the US of small “native” white peaches that grew wild and folks used for rootstock in years past. I believe these are what they were talking about. No brown rot to speak of. These peaches have great potential grown in more open conditions, but may also be valuable as an option for dappled light understory conditions in a forest garden. Because these are seedlings, not grafted, there will be some variation, but all the trees in the grove seem to have the same size and quality of fruit so they are likely a stabilized “seedling variety”.
3″ pots $5, Quart pots $9, Gallon* pots $18
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