2011 Peach Harvest Maturity

UMass Cold Spring Orchard, Belchertown, MA

Prepared by Jon Clements

Harvest Date	Cultivar	Shape	Flesh Color	Size	Red Skin	Attractiveness	Firmness	Sol Solids	Comments	Picture URL
7/22/2011	Earlystar	round-oblong	yellow	2.8	70	good	4	9.9	nice, some irregularity, split pits; good flavor; superior to PF-1 based on appearance	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/earlystarpeach.jpg
8/2/2011	Country Sweet	round-oblong, uniform	yellow	3.0	75	excellent	10		I would give to end of week for harvest; not too much bac spot this year	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/countrysweet.jpg
8/2/2011	Brightstar	round	yellow	2.8	35	good	2.8 (1-10)	na	somewhat prominent suture; variable ripe, not the best early peach but OK; not a big cropper	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/brightstar.jpg
8/2/2011	Risingstar	round-oblong	yellow	2.9	50				round with prominent suture	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/risingstar.jpg
8/9/2011	Jade	oblong	white	2.9	95	good	6	9.2	just about ripe, good flavor; we can grow this, but lots of rot on picking, defects, etc.	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/jadeintote.jpg
8/9/2011	Countrysweet	round		2.8	80	excellent	7.6	9.5	ready to pick; a very uniform, nice peach; downside is bacterial spot	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/countrysweetintote.jpg
8/16/2011	Honeykist	oblong	yellow	2.6	100	fair	11	11.7	variable quality; softening at bottom; no longer recommend this sub-acid nectarine	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/honeykistintote.jpg
8/16/2011	NJ 16	flat	yellow	2.9 (1.8/2.9)	0	fair	2.5	9.8	very ripe; lots of brown streaking on ripe fruit almost ruins the crop; not the best this year	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/nj16intree.jpg
8/16/2011	PF-14 Jersey	round	yellow	3.0	75	excellent	7	1106	very nice, nearly perfect	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/pf14ontree.jpg
8/16/2011	Lydecker plum	ovate		1.8	100	good	4	12.6	significant fruit splitting; bubble-gum flavor when fully ripe; uneven maturity; light crop (pollination?); looks interesting	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/lydeckerplumontree.jpg
8/19/2011	Redhaven	round, with rib and point	yellow	3.1	25	good	4	8.3	large fruit quite ripe	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/redhavenontree.jpg
8/19/2011	Blazingstar	round	yellow	2.9	75	good	6.9	8	ready to go...	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/blazingstarintote.jpg
8/22/2011	Starfire	round w/ lobe	yellow	3.1	70	good	5.3	8.8	this is a very good peach	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/starfirepeach.jpg
8/22/2011	Redstar	somewhat oblong	yellow	2.85	35	fair	4.4	7.9	not that great red color; inferior to Starfire, fair-good flavor	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/redstarpeach.jpg
8/22/2011	NJ 17	flat	white	1.85/3.15	NA	good	3.9	10.8	somewhat complex flavor; nice if can keep brown rot at bay and thin	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/nj17peach.jpg
8/31/2011	Allstar	somewhat oblong	yellow	2.9	40	fair	4.2	11.1	good flavor, dead ripe	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/allstarpeach.jpg
8/31/2011	Coralstar	somewhat oblong	yellow	3.1	30	fair	2.9	9.8	picked biggest fruit because they looked the best; some rot on fruit; allstar looks better? uneven ripening?	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/coralstarpeach.jpg
9/2/2011	Beaumont (MSU 26)	oblong	yellow	2.65	60	good	8.2	905	often ribbed; flesh is somewhat spongy ; smallish fruit, could pick over next week; good for processing only	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/beaumont090211.jpg
9/3/2011	Blushingstar	round	white	2.9	45	fair	7.2	10.1	90% brown rot on the tree, terrible; probably over-mature, lack of fungicide; flavor is very good	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/blushingstar090311.jpg
9/9/2011	Glowingstar	round-oblong	yellow	3.0	75	good	5.4	9.8	light crop, just about right to pick	http://fruit.umext.umass.edu/2011peach/glowingstarpeach.jpg