Pick the Best Nectarine and Peach for the Desert

Read this extract from my list of recommended fruit trees while you listen to my podcast titled, "Pick the Best Nectarine and Peach". Connect to it through my blog.

Nectarine – Nectarines do well in our climate but vary in fruit quality and some taste pretty bad.

Recommended Rootstock: Citation but others have performed adequately over the long term.

Top Choice

·       Arctic Star

Honorable Mention

·       Arctic Glo

·       Arctic Rose

·       Desert Dawn

·       Desert Delight

·       Double Delight

Under Review

·       Arctic Gold

·       Garden Delight – Miniature

·       Goldmine

·       Independence

·       Liz’s Late

·       Necta Zee – Miniature

·       Panamint

Peach – Peaches do extremely well in our climate and have received praise from internationally recognized chefs.

Recommended Rootstock: Citaton but others have performed adequately over the long term.

Top Choice

·       Babcock – White, mid season

·       Eva’s Pride – Early season

·       May Pride – Early season

·       Mid Pride – Mid season

·       Starks Saturn – Donut peach, white flesh, mid season

Honorable Mention

·       Arctic Supreme - white flesh, mid season

·       Desert Gold -

·       Earlitreat – Earliest producer

·       Early Amber – Early season

·       Early Elberta -

·       Elberta – Mid season

·       FlordaPrince – Early season

·       Red Baron – Showy flowers, good landscape tree, mid season

·       Red Haven – Mid season

Under Review

·       Arctic Jay – White

·       Carnival

·       Double Jewel

·       Elegant Lady - White

·       Fairtime

·       Gold Dust

·       Harken

·       Indian Free

·       July Elberta (Kim)

·       Nectar White - White

·       O’Henry – Late season

·       Rio Oso Gem

·       Snow Beauty - White

·       Snow Giant - White

·       Snow King - White

·       Strawberry Free - White

·       Sugar Lady - White

·       Summerset

·       Sweet Bagel – Donut peach, yellow

·       Tra Zee – Late season

·       Tropic Snow -White

·       White Heath Cling - White

·       White Lady – White

Peach, Miniature – These are typically peaches which are genetic dwarf and fruit quality is often not as comparable to standard peach trees.

Top Choice

·       Bonanza – Mid season

Honorable Mention

·       El Dorado – Mid season

·       Pix Zee – Mid season

Under Review

·       Honey Babe

·       Garden Gold

·       Garden Sun