Rote Weinbergpfirsich (Red vineyard peach)

General Fruit Growing
#1

Hi all,
After loosing Indian free and cling to our flash freeze last November I started exploring other red fleshed peaches. An interesting one I came across is Rote Weinbergpfirsich. I can’t find any information on it in English, the link below requires google translate if you don’t read German. Sorry :smile:

Does anyone have any experience with this one? Is it available in the states?

It looks to be a late ripening (with the grape harvest) red fleshed cling that is used for wine making and cooking, but still good out of hand.

#2

Its not available here that I know of. There are many red-fleshed peaches in Europe, in France in particular, but few have made it over. I have three other ones, Sanguine Tarveda/Chateauneuf/Pilat all from France and all similar to Indian Free but more early.

#3

So where are those available? I really liked Indian Free.

#4

Theres no commercial nursery propagating any of them so you would have to get some wood and graft. I have them and have sent them to several people here as well. My source was USDA ARS for two of them but that option is no longer available unfortunately.

#5

Thanks Scott! OK, maybe down the road I will request some. This year I want to tackle some regular peach cultivars and I’m going to ask Mark for some scion.
I need to practice before I request some rare stuff.

#6

Thanks Scott, I’ve had Pilat on my list since you mentioned it on the Nafex feed a few years ago. Searching around for it or others is what led to finding this one. If it turns up maybe we can trade and compare them.

#7

One fruit readily available is Arctic Glo, it is a red fleshed nectarine. And IMHO is better than Indian Free. It also ripens in early August. By far the best stone fruit I have produced. Granted I have only produced a few. It is extremely red too, more so than Indian Free It has it’s faults. A cling stone, and a thick skin for a nectarine. It is a very vigorous tree, extremely winter hardy and produces large to medium fruits.The acid-sugar balance is excellent. I gave some to a local ornamental gardener I respect a lot, and he said it was the best nectarine he ever had and did I have more? (I didn’t!).

#8

Thanks! I didn’t realize Arctic Glo is red fleshed. I’ll have to look for that one too :wink: