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[mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>]

These are the listings from the 1989 Fruit and Nut Inventory from Seed 
Savers:

Balmer- Large, golden, freestone fruit with an unusually small pit.  
Rich flavor. Exceptional quality.  Ripens in September.  Hardy much 
farther north than most.  From a chance seedling discoved in Wisconsin. 
 source: Henry Fields   (no longer in their listings)

McKay-  Very large, yellow and dark red fruit.  Orange, freestone flesh 
with fine flavor.  Hardy; high quality.  Ripens from mid to late 
August.  Discovered in the Balmer farm near Waterloo, Wisconsin.  For 
years it was propagated in Faribault, Minnesota as the only proven 
hardy peach for the area.  source: Southernmeadow Fruit Gardens   (no 
longer in their listings)


One comment.  Waterloo WI is southcentral WI & Id call that 4b-5a ...


Doreen, Im definitely interested in some pits, put me on the list...


mIEKAL



On Saturday, May 22, 2004, at 05:05 PM, Doreen Howard wrote:

> I met a man at the local plantaholics' gathering spot this morning--a 
> great
> garden center/wine shop/exotic pet store--who has a cold-hardy peach 
> tree he
> grew from a pit.  He says the peach is now sold by the McKay Co. and 
> they
> call it McKay.  It is also sold under the name Balmer.  The story goes 
> that
> the tree was found in the wild on the Balmer Farm in central 
> Wisconsin, and
> the peaches were terrific and were propagated.  The fellow plantaholic 
> is
> giving me a peck of peaches in July when they ripen so I can save the 
> pits.
> I'll be glad to share.
>
> Does anyone know something about this cold-hardy, nearly freestone 
> peach?
> Doreen Howard
> Zone 4b-5a, 80 miles west of Chicago where tornadoes and floods 
> persist.
>
>
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