by Breeze » Tue Mar 05, 2019 3:02 pm
For all of Maine's miserable weather, we do have native peaches. In retail, they are most often found as Organic produce just because getting to peach trees to spray even an organic oil is an iffy proposition.
The cultivar name is usually " Reliant", or is a close relative of Reliant on Reliant rootstock. Maine peaches generally do best on taller south-facing hillsides ( cold air sinks, warm air rises ). Reliant peach trees do not bloom so much on photo-period ( daylength), but with temperature. Still, some late winter temps do blast the flower buds, as sometimes happens with all tree fruits.
Truly, picking a warm ripe peach off a tree in Maine, in early fall is a special experience.