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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Offlist:
With such a great collection, it would be fun to know if you've planted seed from them.  You have potential for sorting out some quality hardy peaches, from the look of that.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003. 
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For all other things grape,   http://www.vitisearch.com

On Mar 3, 2008, at 8:24 AM, <dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com> wrote:

Herre is a list of Cold Hardy Peaches that we grow here at Royal Oak Farm in Zone 5(4b) that have survived -25 below zero and fruited:

Cold hardy peaches: (Ripe date: +/- from Red Haven)

Contender (+18) - has high chilling

requirement (1050 hrs) & very hardy

fruit buds.

Cresthaven (+24)

Garnet Beauty (-11)

Harcrest (+26)

Madison (+24) - buds very hardy, but fruit

is tender & does not pack/ship well.

Redskin (+29) - bloom (& harvest) is

spread out, providing more frost

hardiness.

Reliance (+3) - reliable cropping, but poor

quality fruit

 

Here are two new varieties that we have not tried yet:

Summer Serenade (sport of Garnet Beauty)

Autumn Star (+ 45) - new cultivar, 2003;

very hardy fruit buds, but very late!
Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com
http://www.revivalhymn.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 1:36 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Reliance peach

Jerry:  I'm really impressed that you were able to fruit a peach tree
in Warroad.  How big was the pit you had the peach tree in?  How long
did you have it before it fruited?  I've been thinking about your
accomplishment and I will try it myself. Are there more hardy
peaches? I bought a Reliance peach years ago but it died the first
winter.  I was going to keep working but last October I was fishing
in the Rainy River, hit a log and my boat sank. I swam to shore,
stood up and had a heart attack.  Fell back into the river and
floated down stream in the dark for three hours in a daze.  Finally
came around and swam to shore again.  Decided it was time to retire.


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