World's sweetest peaches

[Drew51]

I would agree upper 20’s is out of reach, but not 20. Most peaches here are harvested when they hit 14. I hit 10 to 13 this year. A very bad year for me. Indian Free is so acid, it needs a 15 just to be edible.
Some of my Indian Free seeds sprouted, most were crossed with nectarines. I expect a high brix from them.
Last year people came back for more, everybody said they were the best peaches they ever had. The nectarines were even sweeter, but last year at harvest I didn’t have a meter. This year they were low from 10 to 15. Still people loved Arctic Glo.

Last year a few Indian Free hit 20, It was unusual, and I didn’t report it, but did state they were between 15-17. I didn’t want to brag.

My Indian Free arrived today

Indian Free is awesome. My tree has canker though, still it should live maybe 3 more years, and I’ll get another. Mine is loaded with fruit buds too. It does though ripen very late and here it probably isn’t as sweet as it could be. Last year mine was ripe on October 10th. About the end of our season here. Fruit from last year. They had a brix of 15 to 17. Again though it’s cold here by October. I loved them and will always grow them. [image]

If I can get an average of 15 to 17 in October, it would be easy to get 20 in August. I’ll let all know what Lucky 13 hits next year, ripens in early August.