Does anyone have any recomendations for a white peach? I'm looking for the best flavor. Tender is fine; they only have to travel 200 feet from the orchard to the kitchen (if they even make it that far)
The only problem I've had with my peaches is that occassionally the blossoms freeze, so late blooming is a plus.
It would be nice if they are suitable for drying and freezing, but not strictly necessary. I'm setting flavor as number one priority.
You've got a real advantage over us in the area of peaches, nectarines, and apricots. I salute you and I would so completely grow them if I lived there. I don't have advice because I haven't grown them yet intentionally. A seedling popped up out of the compost and I'm humoring it, but I have no real investment in it. Growing peaches on the west side is heroic/crazy. Peach leaf curl and bacterial disease thrive, although peach trees don't , and I love peaches.
John S
PDX OR
Well, John, you could build a "carport" over your peach trees, with transparent green house panel roof.
That's only half tongue in cheek. My son is building a completely enclosed berry patch, with orchard net covering the top and sides. It's expensive, but he figures it is the only way he will ever get any berries. With the price of berries, it will actually pay for itself.... eventually.
I wish I could do the same with my apricot and cherry trees. Darn birds. I don't mind sharing, but they take one bite out of each fruit, not eating all that much and ruining every fruit in the process.
The peaches, nectarines and apricots are my favorites. So far (touch wood) I'm getting fruit, but one of my apricot trees had all it's blossoms frozen black this spring. A later tree is still doing OK, but we aren't done freezing yet.
Way past where you live, but my lady friend and I found an abandoned peach orchard on the East side of Steens Mountain; they'd been there a long time - still going, and we've eaten peaches and plums from it a few times:) We later found out that it had been started by a couple of brothers who mined mercury there, they had a rainwater collection system that stored some water and basically drip irrigated the trees, which needed it since most everything else around there is sagebrush or juniper. So peaches do grow in E. Oregon! These ones were pretty late, probably don't get ripe every year; and don't have much flesh on them since the irrigation system is long disintegrated, but the trees are well enough established to hang on anyway.
Sure was great the first year we found them when the peaches were ripe in early Sept.!!
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