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| I tried looking in Gardenweb and there hasn't been any mention of these new peach/nectarine varieties released by texas a&m in 2014. Anyone know much about these varieties or have a preference for which one to get? I got overly excited by Dave Wilson peach trees that are low chill but I'm 2nd guessing my self since I live in North Austin suburb which gets ~700 chill hours. I think my 100 chill hour Arctic Star, Eva's Pride and Mid Pride will bloom way too early with Austin's crazy weather. We had 2 weeks of freezing temperatures in November, and this December has been mild. I bet those peach trees would be blooming right now. I think I will buy 2 of these texas peach varieties and plant them in 1 hole. Then do 3 of the low chill dave wilson trees in another hole and hope for no late freeze snaps every feb/march. Peach, Flat Delight One Nectarine, Smooth Texan Two Where to buy these trees This link lists more information about each of the varieties |
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| I really don't need anymore peaches but I might try a couple just to see how they do. It looks like they tested them right down the road from me so they should be good for the area. |
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| I assume you are referring to the "White Delight" series of peaches. I think these were actually released last year. So, probably not much first hand experience with them yet. I researched them last year. It seems the only difference in them is ripening times. All four are low acid, white peaches. Rusty Mangrum Nursery offered them last year. I was tempted to go there to pick some up, but I've already got more peaches than I need. Anyway, I just tried calling them to get more info, but got their voice mail. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Rusty Mangrum Nursery
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| Rob I see that you are in zone 7. I dont know what zone you are in insteng. Would you not advise me to plant 100 chill hour eva pride and 250 chill hour mid pride peaches in my 750 hr chill zone area of Austin. Or do you have low chill peaches to that some how don't bloom too early? |
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| nguyena, olpea would really be the best person to answer any specific questions about peaches. He's the peach guru around here, and has much more experience than I do. I'm sure he'll see this post and respond. Also, I love the pics on your blog :) |
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| I'm up in zone 8A near Buffalo. They grow a lot of peaches about 20-30 miles from me in Fairfield. |
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| Thanks Rob! I really should update my blog. I've taken pictures since 2013, just been lazy/preoccupied to post it on the blog. |
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- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Sat, Dec 27, 14 at 10:18
| It sounds like those peaches are bred for Texas conditions, e.g. heat resistance is his #1 criterion. I found the article below which describes the breeding program. David Byrne has been importing unusual peaches from overseas for breeding and I was interested to see if he used any of those varieties in his crosses.. I didn't find any info on what varieties he crossed. Scott |
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| "olpea would really be the best person to answer any specific questions about peaches. He's the peach guru around here, and has much more experience than I do. I'm sure he'll see this post and respond. " Thank you for the compliment Rob. Unfortunately, I don't keep up much on lower chill peaches developed in Texas or Florida. I do have a few 500 hr. chill peaches (as it seems most flat peaches have lower chill requirements) but mostly I've tried to stay with more moderate (or greater) chill varieties more suited to the Midwest. It does look like many of the new varieties nguyena mentioned are low acid. Low acid seems to be popular with peach breeders right now, but I'm not much of a fan of those type of peaches. I like lots of sugar in a peach, but also some "bite". That's what gives a peach an intense flavor in my book, high acid and high sugar. I hate to compare a peaches this way (and I may get some push back from low acid peach fans) but a normal yellow peach is more like drinking a coca cola, where a low acid peach is more like eating cotton candy. Of course eating a fresh peach is substantially better than coca cola or cotton candy, but I'm just offering an analogy. |
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| The white ones have much higher nutritional value than the yellow ones. Kind of the opposite of what you'd expect, but there it is. Reduced acidity is also useful to those of us who can't eat a lot of acidic foods. |
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