{"id":2534,"date":"2012-02-06T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=2534"},"modified":"2012-01-31T16:43:13","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T21:43:13","slug":"key-points-whether-to-grow-peaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/02\/06\/key-points-whether-to-grow-peaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Points Whether To Grow Peaches"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Select The Best Peaches for Your Region<\/p><\/div>\n

Peaches grow\u00a0in other places besides\u00a0Georgia, USA. A decade long period of mild winters in the Southern Appalachian\u00a0region (USDA zones 6 and 7) have increased gardener confidence\u00a0about growing peaches. Peaches (Prunus persica<\/em>) tend to flower in early spring when the threat of spring frosts is still high. In many years spring frost may kill 80% of flower buds, yet still produce a “full” crop in July\u00a0and August.<\/p>\n

Standard (non-dwarf) peach trees grow and are easy to harvest\u00a0by pruning them to 10-12 feet in height. Dwarf peach trees are unreliable as they live only a short time and are not worth the high purchase price. Dwarf peach root systems are weak and break off from the graft union.<\/p>\n

Only freestone peach varieties are listed below. If you garden in zone 7-a or further north, their long winter chilling requirement is not a problem. Freestone peaches are great for eating and ideal for baking and canning; the flesh does not stick to the pits. Clingstone peaches are also a good choice for their sweetness and taste.<\/p>\n

Table 1.<\/strong> New peach varieties and approximate harvest times\u00a0for East Tennessee, Western NC\u00a0and Southwest VA (zone 6-b):<\/p>\n

3rd<\/sup> week July\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contender (yellow flesh, freestone)<\/p>\n

4th<\/sup> week July\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nectar (white flesh, freestone)<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> week August\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Carolina Gold (yellow flesh, freestone)<\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup> week August\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0China Pearl (white flesh, freestone)<\/p>\n

Late August\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Intrepid (yellow flesh, freestone)<\/p>\n

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Table 2.<\/strong> Older reliable varieties for East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia include:<\/p>\n

Cresthaven (medium to large fruit, yellow flesh, freestone)<\/p>\n

Jefferson (early season, medium yellow-orange flesh, freestone)<\/p>\n

Monroe (late harvest, medium yellow flesh, freestone)<\/p>\n

Red Haven (medium, nearly fuzzless, yellow flesh, freestone)<\/p>\n

Credit:<\/strong> Dr. David Lockwood, Extension Fruit Specialist at the Universities of Tennessee and Georgia recommend these varieties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Peaches grow\u00a0in other places besides\u00a0Georgia, USA. A decade long period of mild winters in the Southern Appalachian\u00a0region (USDA zones 6 and 7) have increased gardener confidence\u00a0about growing peaches. Peaches (Prunus persica) tend to flower in early spring when the threat of spring frosts is still high. In many years spring frost may kill 80% of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[822,599,833,843,828,601,630,705,646,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2534"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2788,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2534\/revisions\/2788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}