This little tree was a bit enthusiastic this year. 12 peaches last year, now this, grin.
It is a seed from one of our own peaches, all open pollinated…some red haven, some father davids, some harrow beauty, etc, all mixed up over the years.
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Looks like you got a good one in that seedling!
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There is no need to buy peach trees. Go to the grocery store and buy a peach and plant the seed.
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Nyet…doesn’t have a high percentage of getting a good or a big peach!
(Been there, tried that, 50 to 60 years ago.)
Elberta, Hale Haven, other seeds.
Typically,
fruits smaller than plums.
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I know that with certain citrus, pawpaws, some others you can get closer to the parents in fruit quality on seedlings (if not a clone on some citrus). Good to know that my peach tree experiments will likely end up with grafting, unlike the apparently awesome results @jocelyn has to start this post! Did you end up with ANY seedlings worthy of propagation with your trials @BlueBerry?
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Do they taste good?
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Personally, no.
But, sometimes I’ve seen seedling peaches that turned out to be nice and delicious fruits. I haven’t studied the percentages, but they’re not high. Yet, needless to say, it happens, as that is the source or modern ‘improved’ cultivars.
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Yes, they are yummy.
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I germinated a 20+ peach seeds from peaches that grow in my general area and climate, Georgia and South Carolina. Of those I kept the 5 most healthy and vigorous. 3 of them turned out to produce large, tasty peaches. One produced extremely disease prone nectarines (or very light fuzz peaches). One produced a lot of tree and very few, small peaches. None of them were magically brown rot resistant.
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Yah, I start 5 or 6 every year, and cull hard once they fruit. Some are huge trees for their age and make 6 fruits, chop. Some are tiny and bend to the ground in a good pollination year.
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@jocelyn
Hope you still hanging out here.
This is a seedling of Autumn Star. It has produced large peaches. It is a late peach (ripening around now) with firm flesh. It tastes a bit on a tart side. (I like sweet fruit). Overall, it is a decent peach.
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That’s a nice-looking peach!
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Yah, I like sweeter ones too. Still hanging in, but heavily involved with caregiving. Husband has been ill.
No stone fruits this year, plus 5 for a few days, then minus 25 for a few days last winter…no stone fruits.
On the other hand, the hazelnuts have been great 
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I wish your husband speedy recovery. Send you good thoughts and warm wishes.
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My seedling peach is free stone, which is a plus. Deep yellow coloring is nice. Wish it was a tad sweeter for me.
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Thanks.
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