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  • From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Fwd: "Skinny" Peach Trees Are Space Savers
  • Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:34:02 -0500

Has anyone tried this peach? It sounds very attractive for my small yard,
if it's a good peach hardy in eastern mass.
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Ginda

...... Original Message .......
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:17:52 -0800 "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
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>Begin forwarded message:
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>From: ARS News Service <NewsService@ars.usda.gov>
>Date: November 15, 2007 4:58:03 AM PST
>To: ARS News subscriber <lonrom@hevanet.com>
>Subject: "Skinny" Peach Trees Are Space Savers
>Reply-To: ARS News Service <NewsService@ars.usda.gov>
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>STORY LEAD:
>Crimson Rocket Peach Making Its Way to Market
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>ARS News Service
>Agricultural Research Service, USDA
>Sharon Durham, (301) 504-1611, sharon.durham@ars.usda.gov
>November 15, 2007
>--View this report online, plus photos and related stories, at
>www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr
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>Crimson Rocket peach trees look like tall, thin cousins of the more
>classically-shaped peach trees. These "skinny" trees provide an
>attractive, space-saving tree that produces full-size peaches that
>could make their way to consumers in 2008.
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>Agricultural Research Service (ARS) horticulturist Ralph Scorza and his
>colleagues in the Appalachian Fruit Research Station at Kearneysville,
>W.Va., developed the "columnar" variety. The tree was patented and
>released in 2001 for experimental evaluation in orchards across the
>United States.
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>Crimson Rocket has been licensed by several commercial nurseries in
>Missouri, Pennsylvania and California. The trees have been in
>commercial orchards for the last three years and Crimson Rocket fruit
>may begin to appear in local marketplaces next spring.
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>A fully grown Crimson Rocket tree has a diameter of about five feet and
>fits neatly into a small yard. In commercial settings, the compact
>trees can be planted much closer together than conventional trees that
>spread out to a width of 16 feet. Crimson Rocket's columnar shape
>translates into more peaches per acre, while land and production costs
>are similar.
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>According to Scorza, Crimson Rocket was bred for high-density
>production systems, allowing for a new concept in peach production. Its
>shape also makes it a novel and useful fruit tree for home gardens.
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>Crimson Rocket has two copies of a naturally occurring gene that sends
>the branches skyward. It produces yellow-fleshed, dessert-type peaches
>that are firm, sweet and aromatic. The medium-sized fruit stores well
>and softens when completely ripe.
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>ARS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research
>agency.
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