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4 responses to “Peaches and Nectarines”
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The last of the peach blossoms have fallen off the ‘Peachy Keen’ today. Hopefully it overlapped sufficiently with the ‘Nectar Babe’ , which is now in full bloom to get a few nectarines. Cool & wet, not great pollination weather.
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Picked most of the ‘Peachy Keen’ peaches last weekend. They were delicious, although not quite as juicy as I like my peaches. We would have gotten more except ground squirrels managed to squeeze between two layers of wire in the cage I built around the tree, which is a frame of spot-welded fencing covered and topped with chicken wire. Little bastards would tear a fruit off the tree, decide they didn’t like it (well, they weren’t RIPE yet!) and throw it on the ground to go for another. I tied the two layers of wire more thoroughly and one squirrel died of lead poisoning. The remaining peaches ripened.
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Hi Anton (I am perhaps assuming incorrectly that the blogger is Anton),
i’m a Pittsboro resident looking for Indian Blood Cling peach pits to start. Would you be willing to share some when your peaches ripen later this year? Your description of the Indian Blood Free is also interesting, so i’d be interested in starting those pits as well.
Although… you’ve left North Carolina? (Just was skimming your plum notes as i also am in search of selected Chickasaw plums, and your comments on Morrisville seem to indicate you are no longer in NC.)
Thanks for your time,
judith-
Judith,
I do apologize for such a late reply… and yes, I am Anton. I would have definitely been happy to give you Indian Blood Cling & Free pits, however, you are also right that I moved out of NC in 2017 (sadly). I have just started a new orchard at my new place, but don’t have an Indian Blood Cling tree and I just discovered this year that Indian Blood Free can’t grow here (Southern California) because we don’t have enough chill hours in our “winter”. The best place to get select Chickasaw plums is Mail Order Natives (https://www.mailordernatives.com/edible-fruit-berries-nuts/). I got my ‘Gutherie’ plums from them and they were just fantastic among Chickasaws. They have seedlings and another selection called ‘Odom’, though I haven’t tried that one.
Best,
Anton
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