2007 Peach Harvest, UMass Cold Spring Orchard Research & Education Center

Jon Clements, UMass Extension

Date
Cultivar
Peach/nectarine
Flesh color
Crop load
Size
(in.)
Shape
Fuzz
Bact spot
Red skin
(% red)
Split pit
Attractiveness
Freestone
Flesh red
Firmness
(lbs.)
Sol. Solids
Comments
Picture
24-Sep FA-142, FA-143, FA-144 (view details)
19-Sep FA-145, FA-147 (view details)
11-Sep FA-220, FA-260, FA-118, FA-134, FA-135, FA-81 (view details)
10-Sep GlowingStar, FA-257, and Beaumont (MSU-26) (view details)
04-Sep BlushingStar, CoralStar, and NJ-17 (view details)
31-Aug FA-133 and FA-252 (view details)
27-Aug Allstar and FA-100 (view details)
24-Aug Redstar (view details)
22-Aug BlazingStar and Starfire (view details)
14-Aug
Njf16
donut peach
yellow
light
2.8/1.6
peento
very light
none
NA
none
good
clingstone
none
4.5
13
just about right; nice
13-Aug
Redhaven
peach
 yellow moderate 2.9 round light none
70
none
excellent
semi-clingstone
trace
6
11
perfect
13-Aug
Country Sweet
peach
 yellow moderate 2.8 round very light moderate
95+
none
good
clingstone
trace
7
11
getting late, not the best this year, must control bac spot
09-Aug
PF-15A
peach
 yellow heavy 2.6 ovate moderate none
75
none
fair
clingstone
trace
3
8
hard to get excited about
09-Aug
BrightStar
peach
 yellow moderate 2.8 oblong light none
70
none
excellent
clingstone
trace
1
NA
over-mature; seem to be high acid; RisingStar superior
09-Aug
RisingStar
peach
 yellow heavy 2.6 oblong light none
65
none
excellent
clingstone
trace
2.5
NA
too ripe; better flavor and sugar than BrightStar
08-Aug
Honey Kist
nectarine
 yellow moderate 2.5 oblong none moderate
100
none
fair
clingtone
none
8
12
bacterial spot may be reducing fruit size
honeykist
08-Aug
Country Sweet
peach
 yellow heavy 2.8 round light light
95
none
good
clingstone
trace
7
8
nice, ready
countrysweet
08-Aug
Risingstar
peach
 yellow heavy 2.6 round-ovate light none
85
none
good-excellent
clingstone
none
1.5
9.5
mostly over-mature; otherwise attractive
risingstar
08-Aug
Jade
nectarine
 white moderate 2.8 ovate none slight
95+
none
good
clingstone
trace
6
10.5
some bacterial spot on fruit and foliage; larger fruit over-mature
jade
30-Jul
Earlystar
peach
 yellow moderate 2.8 round light none
90
none
good
clingstone
none
1.5
7.5
very ripe
30-July
Garnet Beauty
peach
 yellow heavy 2.6 oblong light none
65
none
fair
semi-freestone
none
4.5
8
A fair flavor peach
23-July
Earlystar
peach
yellow
moderate
2.8
round
light
none
70
none
excellent
clingstone
trace
5
9
very nice, superior to PF-1
19-July
PF-1
peach
yellow
moderate
2.6
ovate
light
none
40
common
good
clingstone
none
7
9.5
looks good, need to compare to Earlystar

©2007 Jon Clements and the UMass Fruit Advisor