I have a seedling RedHaven that is apparently going to be some sort of hybrid.
I had seeds sprout in the mulch under the peach. Since at the time I had no other stone fruit trees
and was not aware of any at the neighbors, I assumed that it self pollinated and would be
Redhaven (or at least a peach). Well it has tiny fruit on it this year and they are not fuzzy.
I am going to leave it to see what I have.
Welcome to the forum Daemon. Volunteer seedlings are fun because you never know what you’ll get. Some of the surprises are very nice, indeed.
Since it’s a hybrid even self pollinated seedlings will be different. Just like tomatoes, why you can’t save hybrid seed with tomatoes.
Neat! I’m trying the same kind of thing. I planted a bunch of peach and nectarine pits last year to use as rootstocks. One of them ended up having red leaves, so I planted it and I’m letting it grow to see if I end up with anything good. Worst case, I’ll just graft over it,
It is an attractive tree. A decent peach/nectarine will be a bonus. This tree might be able to do double duty as a landscape and orchard plant.
Very fun thread. I hope we can keep this going. I’d like to see what all your seedlings produce!
Patty S.
Maybe it hybridized with a spicezee nectaplum, or it hybridized with a plum.
A spicezee cross was my first thought, the leaves on this tree are short and narrow compared to my spicezee.
It’s probably a peach/nectarine x plum hybrid. In fact, that’s what citation rootstock, a peach x plum hybrid looks like: Red, short leaves.
May you post a few pictures, please.
At this point, my guess is that it is a peach x nectarine hybrid.
I’ll try to get some pictures but the fruit is really small right now. I have a Santa Rosa plum and the tiny fruit looks just like it. But I did not have the Plum when I planted the seedling. I DID have a Montmorency in the front yard.
Peach/Cherry? I doubt it. I really hope that one of the fruits will get big so that I can look at it. The tree is very young and this is the first year for it to even bloom.
On another note to Patty. My wife is making her first full size quilt. She is frustrated right now.
Also I have mentioned in the past at GW but I am from Fort Wayne and have 18 trees now.
13 of them apple.
Any updates on your hybrid, Daemon2525?
How’s your red-leaf peach doing, SteveM?
The leaves have turned green, but it’s still alive and well. I pruned it back some, I’ll try a take a picture of it tomorrow.
Also, here is a pic of my dog Chester. He was doing his best to get in the way while I was taking a picture of my seedling tree
Nice pose Chester
Any updates, Steve?
It’s always interesting to see how seedlings grow out; I’m looking forward to an update. If I’m not mistaken, RedHaven is from a breeding program and is the result of a few different peach variety crosses. As Drew mentioned, I would expect a variety of phenotypes from its seedlings, even if it’s self-pollinated. Can you explain what makes you think its a hybrid (and by hybrid, do you mean an inter specific hybrid or a cross with another peach variety)?
If you on purpose cross 2 peaches together it is a hybrid. All peaches today are hybrids with some exceptions. Indian Blood Cling is an heirloom and stable, so seeds tend to come true. An early hybrid is Indian Free, maybe one of the first ones. When hybrids self pollinate they can produce plants like either parent or anything inbetween. most are not good, some are excellent. An heirloom produces true to variety, much like a wild fruit tree does, when self pollinated, although can act like a hybrid if other pollen is used. . Blood cling again is such a peach. I want a blood cling, I have scion this year at least.
