Nectar has been more consistent so I would pick it. If you are spraying synthetics I would get Silver Logan, it is a much larger fruited version of Nectar… flavor is almost identical. Silver Logan is a bad Rotter if you are not on top of a synthetic spray regimen with a good rot preventative.
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Thanks for the recommendation. I am very new to growing peaches (and fruit in general) so I had better go with the Nectar until I get some sort of idea what the deuce I am doing
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We started Redhaven harvest July 11 and finished up July 22. We picked over half our Contender and Veteran today. Are ripening times based on the start or end of Redhaven season? Seems like these varieties should be later but everything seems to be ahead of schedule this year. Redhaven also seems to have a longer bloom time. Maybe earlier blooms were frozen and my crop was on later blooms? That would shorten the time between Redhaven and Contender.
I think the variation on peach ripening regionally is interesting. I always wonder what variables factor in. I have a family peach variety Delp Early Hale that an uncle discovered as a chance seedling in his JH Hale Orchard in Yakima Valley Washington. It was grown a lot in orchards from the 60s into the 80s. One of its characteristics was that it ripened 10 days before JH Hale. We harvested our Delp Early Hale two weeks ago and my JH Hale and Angelus won’t be ready until September here in Kansas.
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Ripening times are based on the first peaches picked. There can be variability in ripening times based on location, age of tree, degree days, and whether it’s an early or late spring.
All that said, your peaches and mine should ripen about the same time since our locations are not that far apart.
Contender and Veteran ripen about +21 and +19 respectively, after Redhaven, so if your Redhaven picked July 11, you are right on schedule.
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Picked up this variety for this year. You have it a -14, but on line they have it at -5 and -14 depending on which site you look at. Can you confirm you are correct with -14?
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I can confirm it. There is always some variability in the ripening schedules from geographical location. There is even a small amount of variability from year to year in the same location (a day or two max).
Some variability exists in the charts because growers pick the fruits at different levels of ripeness.
We count a variety harvest date from the date of first picking, at soft ripe ready to eat off the tree. Sometimes there will be one or two fruit which are ready 2 or 3 days before you get a real first picking. In those cases we don’t count the one or two fruit anomalies.
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