Would like advise on best white apricot/nectarine
Arctic Supreme "Among the finest flavored of all peaches"
Nectar - "Among the best white peaches"
Snow Beauty - "Among the best flavored of white peaches"
Arctic Rose - " one of the best-tasting nectarines"
Goldmine
Heavenly White - " Especially fine flavor" "has been called a connosseur's delight"
with all of that, which would you choose? Or am I looking over a better choice that I don't know of? What do you all think?
The following thread was started by Jdiaz on July 25, 2009 at 11:47 pm PST
I'm not just looking at freestone, but would prefer a freestone fruit.
The above followup was added by Jdiaz on July 25, 2009 at 11:50 pm PST.
Artic supreme nectarine and snow beauty peach are our alltime favorite here, very tasty, those are the ones I recommend.
If you want a cling free peach try babock, it's almost cling free but not as good as snow beauty.
The above followup was added by Axel on July 26, 2009 at 1:02 pm PST.
For my taste, most "white" peaches and nectarines are good on sweetness, but short on flavor. I would go with "yellow" varieties.
The above followup was added by pitangadiego on July 26, 2009 at 2:15 pm PST.
Thanks for the suggestions Diego and Axel.
Axel, do you think these varieties are easy to find in nurseries?
Diego, I do already have a yellow fleshed nectarine. It's an unknown variety, but it's delicious. It tastes somewhat tart and sweet at the same time, but the sweetness overpowers the initial tartness (kind of hard to describe). What yellow variety would you reccomend? Maybe i'll plant one of each in the same hole.
Josh
The above followup was added by Jdiaz on July 26, 2009 at 3:47 pm PST.
Jdiaz, the varieties I mentioned are Dave Wilson varieties, so you can get these during the bare root season at almost any nurseries.
The best yellow peach I know of is "Frost", requires about 700 hours of chill, and is really tasty.
The above followup was added by Axel on July 26, 2009 at 5:22 pm PST.
I know they are not the new kid on the block, but I still love a good Elberta. Flordaprince was also very good. Most of the early ones, such as May Pride don't do well here becuase they tend to flower in our warm January weatheer, and then the cool weather that follows keeps them from sizing up well - but flavor is good.
The above followup was added by pitangadiego on July 27, 2009 at 11:15 am PST.
Pitanadiego, I am surprised May pride does poorly for you, it's supposed to be one of the best. You need to get the early ones on lovell rootstock because citation doesn't have enough power to sweeten them up in cooler weather.
I plan on ordering some new early varieties, I just yanked an early peach in our garden that was really horrible, massive peach curl every Spring, and the fruit ripens in late May, very bland tasting peach, white fleshed, lost the label, it was arctic something, but I don't see it anymore in the Dave Wilson catalog, suggesting it's probably bad.
have you tried any of these?.
Earlitreat:
Delicious new low-chill, very early peach with flavor and sweetness comparable to mid-season varieties. Highly recommended for home orchard planting. Medium size, attractive red over yellow skin, yellow flesh. Very nice acid/sugar balance. Early May in Central California. 400 hours. Self-fruitful. Patent Pending. (Zaiger)
Another classic worth growing, not patented so you can get scion wood:
Desert Gold:
Very early: May in Southern California and Arizona. Tree-ripened fruit has good flavor and sweetness for such an early variety. Yellow clingstone. Heavy bearing. 250 hours. Self-fruitful.
Sugar May: (might be too high chill for you)
White-fleshed, sweetest peach of its season - mid-June, about one month before Babcock. Very juicy and sweet with fine flavor. High fruit-tasting scores. Excellent choice for early season peach. Medium to large size with attractive red skin. Estimated chilling requirement 600 - 700 hours. Self-fruitful. Pat.No. 8034 (Zaiger)
The above followup was added by Axel on July 27, 2009 at 12:15 am PST.