Dwarf Peach Tree {Prunus persica} 5 seeds| Hardy fruits | Cold tolerant | disease resistant | fast growing
Nemaguard Peach, Prunus persica nemaguard, Tree Seeds Hardy, Edible Fruits,Fragrant Showy Flowers, Fast Growth, Cold Tolerant Nemaguard Peach is used extensively as rootstock for peach cultivars; this variety is a vigorous grower and extremely disease resistant. Hardy to -20F, proven resistance to nematodes, more resistant to crown.
Hardy, Edible Fruits, Fragrant Showy Flowers, Fast Growth, Cold Tolerant
The flowers of the Peach are produced in early spring before the leaves; they are solitary or paired, pink, with five petals. The fruit has yellow or whitish flesh, a delicate aroma and a skin that is either velvety (peaches) or smooth (nectarines) depending on the cultivar.
The flesh is very delicate and easily bruised in some cultivars but is fairly firm in some commercial varieties, especially when green. The single, large seed is red-brown, oval shaped and is surrounded by a wood-like husk. Peaches, along with cherries, plums and apricots, are stone fruits (drupes).
Peaches should be located in full sun and with good air flow to allow cold air to flow away on frosty nights and keep the area cool in summer. Peaches are best planted in early winter, as this allows time for the roots to establish and to sustain the new spring growth.
Leaf: Alternate, simple, lanceolate, serrated, 3 to 6 inches long, often curved along midrib, shiny dark green above, paler below.
Flower: White, pink to lavender, 1 inch across, solitary but often close together, appearing in early spring.
Fruit: Fuzzy drupe, 3 inches across, yellow and red, hard, ribbed pit inside encloses the seed, very delicious and juicy, ripens in midsummer.
Twig: New growth is red and green, later turns gray-brown, buds are blunt and gray fuzzy, spur shoots present.
Bark: Dark gray, initially smooth with elongated lenticels, later splits and becomes irregularly scaly.
Form: A small tree up to 15 to 25 feet with a spreading crown.
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