Redhaven peach trees
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- Picking season: Mid
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
Redhaven (sometimes known as Red Haven) is a yellow-fleshed peach, ripening early to mid-season in the UK, so around the end of July - or a week or so before Victoria plums start to ripen.
Redhaven has a very good, strong, peach flavour, and juicy flesh. It is best picked and eaten straight from the tree.
It is popular partly because of its good flavour, but also because it has some resistance to peach-leaf curl, a common disease of peach trees in the UK.
Redhaven is a freestone peach - the flesh comes away fairly cleanly from the stone.
Redhaven peach trees for sale
Pot-grown
All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.
PG12-year 7L pot-grown tree St. Julien rootstock £57.75
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
Bare-root
BR11-year bare-root tree St. Julien rootstock £43.75
Large tree
(3m-5m after 10 years)
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Next deliveries
Order now for delivery from week commencing 25th November for pot grown trees or December for bare-root or mixed tree orders.
Delivery charges
Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.
Growing and Training
Peach leaf curl is one of the most serious fungal diseases of peaches and nectarines, and is endemic in the UK. As the name suggests, infected leaves become distorted and eventually drop off, weakening the tree and reducing cropping severely. Redhaven has some resistance to this infection, but it is still important to take additional precautions. The simplest method is cover the tree with a horticultural fleece during the winter, as this blocks fungal spores (which are spread in rain drops and splashes).
Redhaven is well adapted to the UK climate and has good vigour and cold hardiness. However like all peaches it needs to be planted in a sheltered position in full sun to ensure it ripens and develops its true flavour.
History
Redhaven was developed by Stanley Johnston at the Michigan State Experiment Station in South Haven, Michigan USA, in the 1940s. It may be descended from an English variety, Hale's Early.
It is sometimes known, incorrectly, as Red Haven peach.
Redhaven characteristics
- Gardening skillExperienced
- Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
- Flowering group3
- Pollinating othersAverage
- Climate suitabilityTemperate climatesWarm climates
- Picking seasonMid
- CroppingGood
- Keeping (of fruit)1-3 days
- Food usesEating freshCulinary
- Disease resistanceGood
- Peach leaf curlSome resistance
- Country of originUnited States
- Period of origin1900 - 1949
- Blossom colourPink - dark
- Fruit colourOrange / Red
- Flesh colourGolden / Yellow
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