|
| Hi all, I am from Annandale Virginia. It is my first year of using pesticide. The crops are amazing this year. I wish i had done it earlier. I bought "belle of georgia" peach about 5 yrs ago. We just finish harvesting today. The whole Tree ripen in 1.5 weeks 8/17 - 8/26. Turn out it's a yellow peach so I knew Lowes mislabled it. The peach is intense in flavor. A little bit more sour than sweet for me but lots of both. Very tasty. It is free stone, normal size (not the huge kinds). Very noticable amout of peach fuzz but wash off nicely. Every peach has some bacterial spot on it that covered 10% - 30% of the skin. 20% brown rotted. Tree is very healthy and vigorous. It's about 30% red blush, blended not sharp. Thank you, Kenny |
Follow-Up Postings:
|
- Posted by thecityman 7a/6b (My Page) on Tue, Aug 26, 14 at 19:33
| I hope you figure it out! I, too, bought a "Belle of Georgia" from Lowes 3 years ago and it had its first peaches this year. Guess what color? Yep, yellow! They sounded a lot like you described yours to be, so they could be the same, though mine seemed to have more red than most peaches. At least mine were delicious, so its not the end of the world. But come on....is it really that hard to lable correctly? Mine had both the fancy, larger tag with a photo AND the single banded lable and both said Georgia belle. I know big box stores aren't the best place to buy trees, but proper labeling seems like a small thing to ask for. Oh well. |
|
- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Wed, Aug 27, 14 at 14:15
| The big box stores buy surplus trees for cheap and since the variety names include many the average consumer will not recognize they slap a Red Haven or Georgia Belle tag on it. Most die before they ever fruit so nobody is the wiser. There are many many varieties of peach these days, so it will be hard to figure out which variety you really have. You can probably assume it was a commercial variety since the most likely source of surplus is from commercial suppliers who grew too much of some variety. Scott |
|
- Posted by sunny-orchard 7A_VA (My Page) on Wed, Aug 27, 14 at 14:36
| Hey Scott, do you know when Winblo ripen in this area? |
Please Note: Only registered members are able to post messages to this forum. If you are a member, please log in. If you aren't yet a member, join now!
Return to the Fruit & Orchards Forum
Information about Posting
- You must be logged in to post a message. Once you are logged in, a posting window will appear at the bottom of the messages. If you are not a member, please register for an account.
- Please review our Rules of Play before posting.
- Posting is a two-step process. Once you have composed your message, you will be taken to the preview page. You will then have a chance to review your post, make changes and upload photos.
- After posting your message, you may need to refresh the forum page in order to see it.
- Before posting copyrighted material, please read about Copyright and Fair Use.
- We have a strict no-advertising policy!
- If you would like to practice posting or uploading photos, please visit our Test forum.
- If you need assistance, please Contact Us and we will be happy to help.
Learn more about in-text links on this page here
