Care
We prune our peach trees in the spring usually around the middle of march, and cull the peaches when they are about the size of a golf ball. It is hard to toss out peaches but if we do not then we will lose too many limbs or even the whole tree from the weight of the fruit and too many keep the rest from getting big.
It is very depressing to see a large limb broken on one of our peach trees
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Variety's
Our favorites peach tree variety's are Elberta, Hale Haven and Red Haven, they are all freestone types, meaning the flesh of the peach is not attached to the seed. They all ripen within a couple of weeks from each other usually about the 2nd or 3rd week in August.
All are large peaches
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Harvesting
We would like to save all of our peaches for eating fresh but once picked they only last about 3 - 4 days max. We end up canning and drying the majority of our peaches, we always have a lot of peaches, all of our relatives and friends show up when the peaches are ripe.
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