Prunus persica 'FAYETTE'

If you like peaches and are looking for a heavy cropper try Fayette. This freestone variety bears large fruit that can be compared to the modern varieties. It has smooth, deep red skin with some yellow-orange shades, yellow flesh, and sweet taste. It matures from end August until mid September. Fruit is ideal for eating fresh or can be preserved. Fayette tree grows vigorously and flowers profusely and guarantees heavy crop every year. Self-fertile.

As with other peach trees, this one, too, needs to be treated against leaf-curl. As soon as the buds burst treat it with an anti-leaf-curl solution (available in every good garden centre). If the leaves curl anyway just remove them as soon as possible and burn them. The crown should then be fed with some foliar fertilizer e.g. Wuxal^® super.

We suggest planting peach trees in free space so it can feel cold, spring breeze which will delay flowering and thus prevent the flowers from frost damage. It likes slightly alkaline soil, moist but well drained. Do not transplant bare-root trees in autumn, only in spring. Pruning is possible in early spring after flowering or in mid-late August after harvesting the fruit – reduce long branches to 30-50% of their size and remove weak ones. Reliably hardy to -27°C (USDA zone 5).

Last update 07-01-2011