Subject: [NAFEX] White Champion Peach / Hal Berta Giant
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 04:07:53 -0400
Karl:
I just looked for the 'Hal Berta Giant' peach
in the Stark Bros catalog and they don't carry such a peach . Are you sure
you didn't mean their Burbank July Elberta?
Thanks for the advice regarding the split pit
problem with White Champion. I ultimately decided to go with six
different peaches and I'm hoping they'll all thrive well here in coastal
Maine: Burbank July Elberta, Carolina Belle, Double Jewel, Fingerlakes
Super Hardy, John-Boy and Stark Summer Pearl. I'm also going to see how
well the Harcot and Harglow apricots adapt to the climate up here. NAFEX
has been a great resource for learning about new varities to explore.
> In zone 5 Southwest Connecticut the White
Champion peach has a severe split > pit problem which the ear wigs love
to inhabit...open thru the stem end. > Georgia Belle is better.....flavor
is as good and the peaches are mostly > whole. > Best peach I ever
ate was the Hal Berta Giant....once again available from > Stark
Bros. And I 've just ordered two of them for home orchard. Of course
> it is not a white peach which is unique of itself. > Karl
Olson
[NAFEX] White Champion Peach / Hal Berta Giant,
Sgroppino Farms, 04/11/2003