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  • From: Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>
  • To: Three Hills Farm <organic@threehillsfarm.com>, North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] George IV Peach
  • Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:59:49 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

Truly an unusually delicious peach. In my limited experience with it as
grown in Zone 8 on Citation rootstock, it has an almost citrus edge to it's
rich and unique peach flavor. The fruit are small, not visually attractive
and the tree is the most susceptible variety I have to peach leaf curl.
Nevertheless, I wouldn't be without it.

Anton


-----Original Message-----
From: Three Hills Farm <organic@threehillsfarm.com>
Sent: Nov 4, 2003 12:23 PM
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [NAFEX] George IV Peach

Has anyone on the list grown an old peach cultivar known as George IV ? I've
ordered a couple trees of it for coastal Maine, but have no idea how well it
does up north. I'd very much like to hear of anyone's experiences with this
particular peach.

The grower from whom I'm getting my trees describes it as follows:

GEORGE IV New York 1820
White freestone peach with greenish white skin and a pinkish blush. Melting,
juicy, aromatic, richly flavored flesh. One of the three best white-fleshed
peaches of all time. Downing in his Fruit and Fruit Trees of America said
"remarkably rich luscious flavor..No garden should be without it."

Any/all feedback greatly appreciated.

John

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John A Gasbarre
Three Hills Farm
Union, Maine USA
organic@threehillsfarm.com
44° 15' 45" N / 69° 19' 45" W






  • [NAFEX] George IV Peach, Three Hills Farm, 11/04/2003
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