Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Mystery Peach

This summer has been a season of peaches. When we moved to our new patch, there were 4 peach trees around the house which had all set fruit. Three of the trees ripened pretty much together even though they were different varieties - some largish, some quite small, some cling stone, some free stone.  All three trees that have so far offered up their bounty have been yellow skinned and fleshed, some with a prominent blush and some with hardly any, all delicious.

The fourth tree has now ripened up but I am perplexed, the fruit are small and yellowish green. They are ripe, definitely ripe as they are a little soft to the touch, smell fabulous and come away from the tree easily and they are drawing the crimson rozellas and the wallaby to them. Yesterday I realised that they weren't going to 'blush' and decided to pick some,


 and try them out.


They are cling stones with a whitish flesh, they are pretty delicious but a little sharper in taste that the others our patch has yielded.

I have checked  my fruit  growing bible which has a great list of different varieties of most fruits and none listed seem to describe these peaches.

I even tried ABC Riverina Radio Gardening talk-back! (Never done that before!)

Does anyone out there know what variety these may be?  They are very late season and I have noticed that  they tend to bruise quite easily.

Have you some fruit coming on? What has been the fruit of the season for you?

8 comments:

  1. That's really quite intriguing isn't it? If no-one can work out what it is and you get to name it I think you should call it the Wallaby Peach in honour of your summer visitor!

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    1. I like that idea, wallaby peach, or perhaps Highfield Peach.

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  2. Oh I do enjoy a mystery - I hope you manage to solve it.

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  3. How very cool. Maybe it is some old and now rare variety. They look delicious! I do love peaches. My kids are so eager for our baby peach tree to start bearing fruit.

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    1. It's nice to see that the children are hanging out for the tree to bear!

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  4. They look fabulous and so juicy! Amazing, considering how dry it has been (or is that just here?).

    I hope you solve the mystery!

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    1. Oh its been very dry here! They have been getting lots of grey water.

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