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[Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>]

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