To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Peach Question
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 08:20:48 -0800
-25 is about the same range as Reliance peach.
I had an uncle in Iowa who had a chance peach seedling that made a beautiful tree and survived -30 F, but never fruited. Later I found out that peach flower buds aren't as hardy as the leaf buds, which was why the tree never fruited - the flower buds never made it, even though the tree itself survived.
-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.
On Feb 9, 2005, at 8:01 AM, Dean Kreutzer wrote:
Hello all,
I have made contact with a grower in Finland who is growing Maira, and he has doubts that it would be at all hardy to -40F, as it wasn't bred for those types of temperatures. Southern Finland rarely gets below -25F. 'Super-hardy' may be a relative term.
I don't believe it is available in North America as of yet.