Saturn are naturally very small. You'll want to try Galaxy if you want a bigger/white fleshed donut. I leave twins. No acid in Saturn..its pure sugar.

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When that's mentioned it's branch period, not each side of branch. You've got experience now with that variety. Next yr if you want bigger fruit leave less peaches. There is a limit where less fruit won't make the remainder much bigger. Ave of 3 inches is pretty big for many peaches.

Thanx guys...

Some were nice and soft and super sweet with a strong peach flavor. I skinned them, cut them into small cubes and froze them.

This coming weekend I will try to add them to some heavy cream and experiment with making some peachy ice cream.

Wish me luck
Mike

I'm sure you know the biggest peachlets at thinning produce the biggest peaches at harvest.

We select the biggest fruitlets at thinning regardless of shoot placement (except if they are in tight crotches, or don't allow enough room for another peach).

Peaches opposite of one another, we try to thin, but it doesn't always work that way.

In wet years (like this year) early season peaches do very poorly if heavily shaded in the lower part of the canopy. They can taste very watered down. I don't seem to notice it as much with later season peaches (peaches after Redhaven-although most years the ground is dry and cracking even when Redhaven harvests).

On early season peaches, the first couple pickings are good, but after that quality (i.e. sugar) can become very spotty during wet springs, so I don't like to sell those later pickings. Keep in mind the later pickings are generally in the most shaded parts of the tree.

In a dry year there is more consistency, especially with later varieties. Typically, we get less rain with the later varieties, so quality may be purely a rainfall issue.