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["Richard O'Barr" <aatopgunaa@mindspring.com>]

Speaking of peaches, I planted some peach pits 4 years ago in a container. Now I have about 30 trees bearing the most beautiful and good peaches. The remarkable thing is that they are staggered so that about 4 trees are ripe at one time and as those 4 go out four more come in. I am on my third foursome now and have 4 more about ready to pick. Three of the next 4 are grafted varieties, but the seedlings still have several trees to come in much later. It is amazing how easy it was. I used very little pruning just once;last year, and have good sized crops this 4th leaf from planting seeds. It has been a major battle spraying for Japanese beetles. This has been a heavy year for June bugs as well.

                                                          Richard O'Barr

                                                          Zone 7

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From: Dianne Stephany

To: North American Fruit Explorers

Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 11:59 AM

Subject: [NAFEX] Q: coralstar peach

HI,

We have a Coralstar and Starfire peach tree. They were 5ft when we planted them in 2001; they were bought from Hilltop Nursery.  We have gotten two (and a third ripening) harvests from the Starfire peach. A really juicy, great tasting fruit that freezes very well.  The Coralstar had three peaches on it last year and none this year. Last year the 3 peaches were like rocks when they finally fell off in late September.  Coralstar is a late peach, while Starfire is an early (August) peach.

 

We are zone 5/6, Rochester, NY.  The trees are about 12 ft apart, recieve similar fertilizer (organic) and water during the year.  The Coralstar is leggy and taller than the Starfire which has a compact, lovely shape.  Both trees had lots of blooms, though the Coralstar had fewer. I did not need to thin the Starfire this year; last year I thinned it 4 times and the tree thinned itself as well.  They were both sprayed with B. subtilis this spring when the pear and apple trees were sprayed.

 

Is there something that the Coralstar needs?  a micronutrient?   or is it just a dud?  Is it possible that as it gets older it will finally bear fruit?   How long would you recommend that we wait till we decide to yank it out?

Could it be more sensitive to weather? It has been cold and rainy all spring.

 

Thanks for the help and advice,

Dianne and Gary Stephany

 

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