Peach pickers needed

Bumper crop this year.

Gorgeous !!! Hope those branches don't break though.

Wowza! My mouth is just watering...

What do you have underplanting your trees -- standard grass, or something else? I decided our orchard should be more of a meadow than a mown lawn under the trees, and I'm hoping to gradually replace the grass & misc. volunteers with shorter reseeding annuals & perennials.

Bahia grass. I do mow it, when it gets too high.

Looking sharp! Wish I lived near there, I'd be glad to help pick (and eat)!! How long have they been planted? ~ Suzi :)

This one is a three year old.

Can't wait till my fruit is ready!! I know you are very happy about your peach trees!!! I'm happy for you! In fact, in OH yesterday, bought peaches from GA, to bring home to PA to eat. Sounds like State Soup, LOL! ~ Suzi :)

Makin' my mouth water!! Wonderful crop for a 3 year old tree.

Farmerdill Your peaches look awsome and wish I had some. Peaches are very high at a local orchard here in northwest Missouri. Would you believe $50.00/bushel a few weeks ago!!!!!!!!! Thats seems pretty high so I'll just eat canned store bought peaches this year. I have a few peach trees but they aren't loaded like yours were. Your 3 year old tree is truly a producer!

$50 a bushel???!!! Sounds like too much for my blood too! ~ Suzi ♥

They're getting 50.00 a bushel here too.

Dilllons(Kroger) has Colorado peaches on sale this weekend. The 25 lb box is 19.99. Does anyone know how many pounds in a bushel?

The local peaches are lowering the prices of the shipped in ones now in our area but they aren't giving them away either. I have a few peaches on my trees this summer( usually they have a lot more peaches) but have a nectarine tree that was loaded with delicious but pretty small fruits. I ran these sweet and tasty nectarines thru a sieve to make loads of pulpy juice that we will make jam with and may even can some of it for later use. I made a delicious nectarine crisp that tastes just like peach crisp to me.

It's a little too cold to grow peaches in central Iowa but my mom manages to keep 2 trees alive year after year. She was down 8 days ago with a big box of peaches. Gave some to my daughter and sister and DH was so proud to go into work with what he called "real peaches", not just something you buy at the market that looks like peaches. We live about 40 miles N of my mom but on a ridge. It's beautiful here but I know we'll always have to depend on her for our supply. I managed to save a few for some preserves.

Nancy

Cool!

nannybee Do you know what kind of a peach tree your mom keeps alive in Iowa? It must be pretty cold hardy. I have seen my trees get frosted but as the sun comes up and if they haven't remained cold to long I have managed to see my peaches and nectarines go ahead and set on fruit. This amazes me to see this frosted bloom go on to produce me a fruit! The temp. and the length of time they stay cold seems to be the key. If it gets really cold you can kiss them good bye until next years bloom. One year I tried to go out and spray water on them and found out It worked just as well to leave them alone and say a prayer hoping they had'nt been cold too long.

I'll ask her, they are not big but very sweet. They sure don't look like the ones you buy in the grocery store but once anyone takes a bite out of it, they're hooked. Look back on this thread in the next couple of days and I'll let you you. She does have a less windy location and probably a 5 rather than a 4. She certainly gets those springtime Iowa winds but I think a little less then we do. I wouldn't even try to grow peaches. Be patient and I'll let you know the variety if she remembers.

Nancy

Hmmm After you described that flavor, I'm curious too! ~ Suzi ♥

I bought a box of the peaches from Dillons. :) They weren't Colorado peaches after all.. They were really marvelous Cresthavens from McLeod Farms in South Carolina. I've made a batch of Peach Melba and a batch of peach jam and today it looks like there are enough left to can about 20 pints of peach slices. South Carolina must have had a bumper crop of peaches this year cause this particular farm ships gift boxes of these peaches for 35 dollars a box. :)

How big was the box?

25 lbs. It said it was half a bushel. They are so nice I'd go get some more but I'm about to run out of empty jars. lol

Farmerdill.................what variety is your 3 yr old tree in the pic ?

Do you have more than one tree for pollination ? Lucky you......... it looks great, bet your freezer is full of nice fruit for winter.

Living and learning.........................................PeggieK

Yes I have six trees, Four different cultivars, This one is a Redskin. http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/60744/index.html

The peaches from McLeod are great but the best ones in my opinion come from the upstate of SC.I think it must be the soil.Everyone around here sells McLeod but you have to search for the upstate variety.Only one produce supplier has them and there are only a few more days till the season is over.

We always drove down to Chesney (upstate SC) for peaches. Man, were they good! I didn't get any this year, too much else going on.

Hmmm, makes my mouth water thinking about good peaches. LOL, after reading this forum, I went to Wal-Mart and they had really pretty peaches.

I bought a couple pounds................................Yukky. They were all mushey.

Guess I need peach trees. Does anyone know who ships them for fall planting in zone 6-b ? Lots of trees plant well in early fall in Okla., but none of the nurseries online ship for fall.

Living and learning........................PeggieK

I am not so sure I would fall plant fruit trees in 6b. That is good down south, not up north. Not sure where I would draw the line, so maybe someone else can put some better light on it... ~ Suzi :)