Peaches

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Belle of Georgia
Peach - Bare-Root Trees

Prunus persica Late. Freestone. Flesh is firm, melting, juicy, very high quality. Good fresh eating, cooking and canning. Large vigorous productive tree. Resistant to bacterial spot. Z4/5. read more
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Blazingstar
Peach - Bare-Root Trees

Prunus persica Mid-Late. Bred for non-browning flesh quality and for good storage and handling for commercial growers. Yields consistently well each year. Freestone. Resists bacterial leaf spot. Z5. read more
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Canadian Harmony
Peach - Bare-Root Trees

Prunus persica Large fruit with a red blush over gold skin. Flesh is sweet and juicy, an overall great all-purpose peach for fresh eating, canning or baking. Freestone. Buds are hardy to about –20°. Z5. read more
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Contender
Peach - Bare-Root Trees

Prunus persica Late. Firm melting aromatic yellow freestone peach. Hardy. Resistant to leaf spot. Blooms late. Z3/4. read more
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Garnet Beauty
Peach - Bare-Root Trees

Prunus persica Early. Medium-to-large yellow-fleshed semi-clingstone peach with excellent flavor. Recommended for colder districts. Z4/5. read more
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Glowingstar
Peach - Bare-Root Trees

Prunus persica Late. One of the Stellar series peaches bred for cold hardiness, disease resistance, size and flavor. Juicy, firm medium-large attractive fruit. Freestone. Resistant to bacterial spot. Z4/5. read more
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Lars Anderson
Peach - Bare-Root Trees

Prunus persica Early. Large juicy sweet yellow-fleshed freestone fruit. Tastes just like a peach should taste! Z5. read more
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Lovell Seedling
Peach - Bare-Root Trees

Prunus persica Commonly grown as hardy disease-resistant rootstock. Known to grow relatively true to type. Fruit best for processing, decent for fresh eating. Plant for fruit or grafting. Z4. read more
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Madison
Peach - Bare-Root Trees

Prunus persica Late. Medium-large fruit with fine-textured juicy flesh. Excellent sweet rich flavor. Freestone, good canner. Ripens late Sept. Very productive. Z4. read more
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Reliance
Peach - Bare-Root Trees

Prunus persica Early-Mid. Medium-sized roundish freestone peach. Bright yellow flesh, soft and juicy. Considered the hardiest peach. Z4 and warm pockets in Z3. read more
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Peaches Prunus persica

Northern New England peach growing can be very successful. The trees often bear so heavily that the fruit needs thinning and the branches need support. Some winters can be hard on certain peach trees, and they may die. Other trees live for many years. Replant and try again. They are worth the trouble, and since they bear young, you won’t have to wait too long!

Peaches are usually unaffected by pests or diseases in northern areas, the occasional exception being peach leaf curl. PLC is not a fatal problem but does need to be controlled if you get hit with it. Look for crinkled or puckered foliage in spring. Remove affected leaves and compost them. Spray the tree with lime, sulfur or copper early the following spring while it is still dormant (before any buds open!) Onion, garlic or horsetail spray while leafed-out may also be effective. It’s common for peaches to have black gummy wounds. This is usually harmless and happens from any environmental stress, even when a bird or a bug looks sideways at the tree.

Mature trees will be 10–15' tall.

Growing Peaches

  • Soil: Prefers well-drained fertile soil.
  • Sun: Full.
  • Pollination: Self-pollinating. You only need one tree.
  • Spacing: Plant 20' apart.
  • Planting: See our planning and planting and pests and diseases pages for more information about soil prep, planting and pest control.
  • Pruning: Prune in spring after the buds begin to swell and show pink. Remove dead and inward-growing branches. Make a few bold cuts to bring main branches closer to the trunk. After cutting back any main branches, thin last year’s shoots and cut them back to about 12–18". When you’re done, the tree shape should look something like an open hand reaching for a peach, with the tree not much taller than 10' or so.

    The goal is to keep trees small and open. Peach trees grow vigorously each year and fruit on the previous year’s wood. Leggy branches will break from the weight of fruit.