You’ve never really tasted a peach unless you went out in your yard and picked it from your own tree, or bought it at my farm market ; )
I personally grow (or have grown) all of these varieties in my orchard. They are all freestone (or mostly so) and have all been reliably hardy in my region of Michigan. If you live in northern Michigan, and not near a great lake, you may be in an area too cold for peaches to live. Peach trees are considered a USDA zone 5 tree for hardiness, so check your location. Some varieties are hardier than others, and are described as so.
Peaches are the quickest fruit tree to produce fruit, often bearing the year after you plant them. They are very site specific, and will only thrive in well drained soil, even if it’s on a sand hill where nothing else will grow!!! If water lays on the ground more than a day or two after a good rain, plant your peaches somewhere else.
Peach trees should be planted 10 feet apart, and kept to 8-10ft tall and no more than 10ft wide by pruning each spring.
All of the peach varieties offered are self fertile so only one tree is needed to produce fruit.
ALL PEACH TREES ARE PRICED AT $34.00 each
Bellaire – this is a beautiful, very large fruited, highly colored, firm fleshed peach that ripens in early-mid August. These are very freestone, and excell for canning and all other purposes. Bellaire is not the most cold hardy peach, so best planted in the southern half of the lower peninsula, or very near a great lake.
Ripens mid August
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Blushingstar – this white fleshed peach was developed in Michigan, and has excellent cold hardiness. Fruit sizes well, is half red over creamy white, and has the sweetest, juiciest, most delicious flesh you’ve ever eaten. If you have never eaten a white peach, you are really missing out. They have a flavor that defies description, and Blushingstar is one of the best!
Ripens later in August
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Canadian Harmony – this is one of the largest peaches you can grow. These are often seen at roadside and farmers markets sold as Amish peaches. Fruit has a red blush over a greenish-yellow background, and flesh is sweet and juicy, and of excellent quality for all purposes. Great for canning as they are very freestone. Trees are very strong growing, and have good winter hardiness.
Ripens later in August
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Coralstar – another great Michigan developed variety that offers about everything you can ask from a peach. Large size, excellent, strong peachy flavor, very freestone, and ripens over a long season. Trees are strong, fast growing, and have good winter hardiness. Widely planted by orchards in Michigan.
Ripens mid-late August
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Encore – this is our latest ripening peach. Fruit is consistently large, bright yellow with red streaking, Flesh is firm, always freestone, and strongly peach flavored. Encore is a great canning variety, and excellent for all other uses also. If you love peaches, plant one of these, as they are the last peaches you will pick each year. Trees are very cold hardy.
Ripens early-mid September
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Flamin Fury 9 – this peach was developed in Michigan by one of the most successful peach breeders in history, He had dozens of patents on his peaches, and they are widely planted across the country because of their great attributes. Flamin Fury 9 is a large, highly colored peach with firm, freestone flesh. They ripen in early August, and are great fro canning and all other uses Trees are heavy producers and quite cold hardy. This one is a must have!
Ripens early-mid August
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Galaxy – this flat, white peach is often called a donut or Saturn. They are very sweet and juicy with a tiny pit. Galaxy sizes better that the true Saturn variety, and ripens in the same season (early August) they are mostly red with white flesh, and are used for fresh eating, wine and shine, and preserves.
Ripens in early-mid August
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Glenglo – is the earliest ripening peach we offer this year, Fruit sizes and colors very well for an early variety, have an excellent flavor and firm flesh, and are even quite freestone when fully ripe, which is unusual for early peaches. These can well for such an early variety. The only downside of Glenglo is its lack of cold hardiness, so they will do best in the southern half of the lower peninsula. This is a great season opener if you are in the warmer regions of Michigan.
Ripens later in July
Glohaven – is an old, Michigan developed variety that has everything you could ask for in a peach. Fruit is very large, half red over bright yellow, nearly fuzzless, firm, freestone, and excellent flavored. Cold hardiness is as good if not better than most other varieties. Glohaven is a dependable, heavy producing variety and one of my favorite peaches. Excellent for all purposes, and one of the best canning peaches. Every year when I’m picking this variety, I ask myself why I haven’t planted more of them.
Ripens mid August
Redhaven – this is probably the best known variety of all peaches. It is half red in color, firm fleshed, and mostly freestone when ripe. It is excellent for fresh eating, canning, freezing, and any other purpose you can use peaches for. It is very cold hardy and heavy producing, and must be thinned heavily to produce large fruit. Even after more than 70 years, Redhaven is still one of the most planted and sought after peaches in Michigan.
Ripens in early August
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Veteran – is an heirloom variety that is known for its ability to set fruit in marginal peach growing areas. Freestone peaches are medium – large in size, and of excellent quality and flavor. Great for fresh eating, canning, and freezing. Veteran is mostly yellow with a red blush. Very cold hardy, so a good choice for northern areas. This is a very dependable producer.
Ripens mid August
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