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[sherwin dubren <sherwindu@comcast.net>]

Last year, after doing a frustrating search for a Belle of Georgia Peach 
Tree,
I spotted a nice looking grafted one at my local Home Depot.  I normally 
don't
buy from the builder's store, but the price was right and the tree 
looked healthy.
It started bearing fruit the very next year.  I was glad to see it was 
several weeks
later than my Redhaven.  I'm just now beginning to see a dropped peach.  The
Fruit, Nut, and Inventory book says you should leave these peaches on 
the tree
until they drop for maximum ripeness.  The fallen peach looked clean, 
but when
I opened it up, I saw a yellow color, almost identical to my Redhaven, 
yet this is
supposed to be a white fleshed peach.  My concern is whether this tree 
is miss-
labeled, although the grower had put a distinctive tag on the tree as a 
Belle of
Georgia.  I called a friend of mine, who also grows this variety, and he 
said that
this year his Belle of Georgia also was giving yellow flesh peaches.  
Question, is
this a recognized phenomenon with white fleshed peaches, possibly due to 
some
climatic effect here this year in the Chicago area, or do I have  a 
miss-labeled
tree?

          Sherwin Dubren
          Morton Grove, Illinois 
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