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[Mark Lee <mark.lee.phd@gmail.com>]

Anton,
I currently don't grow any peaches, but I do have other Prunus
species. Any chance the Indian Free would be pollinated by a Methley
plum, a pluot, an apricot or a cherry?
-Mark

On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Indian Blood Free and Indian Blood Cling are two distinct peach cultivars.
>
> Indian Free is peach leaf curl resistant and is a very late-ripening 
> freestone that is male sterile (needs a pollenizer).  So it can't produce 
> offspring by itself.
>
> Indian Cling is a rubbery-textured clingstone that ripens earlier & is 
> self-fertile.  It is known for it's ability to reproduce fairly true from 
> seed.  I've planted quite a few seed of it and find significant variation 
> in the offspring with regards to fruit shape and size.  Texture, color and 
> disease resistance/ susceptibility and tree growth habits are pretty 
> similar among the offspring.  I've seen peach leaf curl on this cultivar.
>
> Both cultivars are pretty susceptible to Xanthomonas leaf spot (bacterial 
> spot), which is a more serious problem for the hot, humid Southeastern US.
>
> Anton
> North Carolina
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Mark Lee <mark.lee.phd@gmail.com>
>>Sent: Sep 4, 2012 5:08 PM
>>To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>>Subject: [nafex] Indian Cling Peach
>>
>>I read about a peach called Indian Blood Cling, and also known as
>>Indian Free and Indian Cling. It is said to do well in the Pacific
>>Northwest, being resistant to peach leaf curl, but I have never heard
>>of it before now. In New Zealand this peach is known as Black Boy.
>>Originally came from the Loire Valley in France where they are known
>>as Pêche de Vigne. Another interesting feature of this peach is that
>>it comes true from seed. Does anyone have experience with this peach?
>>Does anyone have any pits of this peach?
>>-Mark, Seattle, picking Desert King Figs and blackberries
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