Nectarine growers - any idea what variety this is?



I bought this tree as a Belle of Georgia white peach from Tractor Supply - I’m 0 for 3 with them on actually getting the variety I purchased. All the spots/scab/pock marks are battle wounds from growing stone fruit in South Carolina. The taste is excellent, and a big difference I noticed from the neighboring Not Elberta (maybe a Red Haven?) is that the fruit is still very good when fairly firm. Both the skin and the flesh appear to remain thicker during ripening, and I believe that led to a better harvest when compared to the softer peaches that get the plum curculio and stinkbugs worse.

Since it’s from TSC and they only carry the most common varieties - 90% of their peaches are Elberta, Red Haven, and Belle of Georgia - I figured it had to be something pretty common. Fantasia? I don’t know nectarine varieties as well, but I know that this tree produces great firm, yellow fruit. Appreciate any ID help.

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I didn’t see any nectarines listed on the two nurseries they carry a lot of stuff from. It might be too early in the season to be Fantasia? What else is ripening at about the same time?

Don’t really know as far as nectarines being sold around here. In my orchard my potential Red Haven ripened about 2 weeks ago and my potential Belle of Georgia looks like it’s about 2-3 weeks away. Didn’t realize that Sunglo and Red Gold are two other common types, potentially one of those? I guess it doesn’t matter too much - happy to get great fruit - just like to know as much about my collection as possible.