Peentau Peach from Trees of Antiquity?

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Does anyone have experience with the Peentau from Trees of Antiquity? I am not sure that this is the actual Peento peach (from China, and used in breeding of Saturn) and ToA told me that it is similar to Galaxy, where I thought Peento is supposed to be similar to Saturn. Thanks!

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Peen Tao means flat peach in Chinese … the name is just a type of peach, not a variety. ToA may be able to tell you the source of the one they are selling. There were a couple peaches called Peento in the USDA Davis repository which I grew many years ago, they tasted very good but had a huge open seam at the blossom end and were small-fruited so my guess is it is not those ones. I think one of those USDA peaches is the one used in breeding Saturn.

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Right, I understand that, I had already checked with them but they do not recall the exact variety (they just call it Peentau on the website) as they got it several decades ago, so I was wondering if anyone had ordered it and had any experience with the fruit.

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There is a good chance it is from USDA then, there were not many Chinese peaches in the US several decades ago. “Peento” and “Chinese Flat” were the two flat peaches I got from USDA maybe 20 years ago. It could also be Saturn…

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How large were your Peento peaches? As Galaxy are supposed to be relatively large – were they comparable in size?

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They were small, like Saturn. I would be surprised if a decades old flat peach would be as big as Galaxy, I don’t know if there were any large flat peaches in the US then. Or maybe the ToA peach is Galaxy, it is from around then.

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I have fruited that peach from TofA for about three seasons now. I have never grown any other flat peach so unfortunately I cannot compare it to Saturn or Galaxy. As grown here in upstate NY, it’s very productive but relatively small fruit. Granted, I have never taken the time to thin the fruit. The squirrels decimate this tree so unless I pick while still hard I won’t get any. I recall the flavor being bland, just sweet, no sour at all. I still keep my tree because I like having a flat peach and it’s consistently productive, but if it ever dies I am not sure I would replace it.

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