Table 1. Characteristics of Yellow-Fleshed Peach Varieties Available for Commercial Use and Trial Plantings

Variety	Ripening Season (Days Before Elberta) [1]	Chill Hours [2]	Stone Freeness [3]	Fruit Size [4]	Cold Hardiness [5]	Marketing [6]		Areas of Best Adaptation [7]
						Shipping	Local Sales
Goldcrest [t]	60	650	Semi-Free	S	F	*	*	S
Camden	58	750	Cling	S to M	F	*	*	S,C
PF1	56	800	Cling	S to M	?	*	*	S,C,N
Regal [t]	56	700	Semi-Free	S to M	F to G?	*?	*	S,C
Springold	55	850	Cling	S to M	F to G	*	*	S,C,N
Empress [t]	52	650	Cling	S to M	F	*	*	S,C
Suzi-Q	52	650	Semi-Cling	S to M	F to G	*	*	S
Bicentennial	51	700	Cling	S to M	F to G	-	*	S,C
Correll	51	850	Cling	S to M	G	*	*	S,C,N
Springcrest	51	650	Cling	S to M	F to G	*	*	S,C
Derby [t]	48	850	Semi-Cling	M	G?	*	*	S,C,N
Goldprince [t]	47	650	Cling	M	F	*	*	S
June Gold	47	650	Cling	L	F	*	*	S,C
Tiz-A-Jewel [t]	46	850	Cling	M	F to G	*	*	SC,N
Harrow Diamond	45	850	Semi-Cling	S to M	F to G	*	*	S,C,N
Texstar	45	500	Semi-Free	M	G	*	*	S
Surecrop	44	1,000	Semi-Free	S to M	G	*	*	C,N
Earliglo [t]	44	900	Semi-Free	M	G	*	*	C,N
Golden Monarch	42	850	Semi-Free	S to M	G to E	-	*	S,C,N
Magnolia [t]	42	650	Cling	M	F	*	*	S,C
Sentry [t]	42	850	Semi-Free	M to L	P to F	*	*	S,C,N
Shepard's Beauty [t]	42	650	Cling	M	F	*	*	S,C
Summerprince	42	850	Semi-Free	M to L	F	*	*	S,C,N
Sweethaven	42	850	Semi-Free	M	E	-	*	S,C,N
Dixired	41	950	Semi-Free	M to L	F to G	*	*	C,N
Valley Fire [t]	41	850	Semi-Free	M	F to G?	*?	*	S,C,N
Delta [t]	40	550	Cling	M	?	*?	*?	S
Maygold	39	650	Cling	M	F to G	*	*	S,C
Jerseydawn	38	850	Semi-Free	M to L	F to G	*	*	S,C,N
Garnet Beauty	38	850	Semi-Free	M	G to E	*	*	S,C,N

Table 1. Characteristics of Yellow-Fleshed Peach Varieties Available for Commercial Use and Trial Plantings--CONTINUED

Variety	Ripening Season (Days Before Elberta) [1]	Chill Hours [2]	Stone Freeness [3]	Fruit Size [4]	Cold Hardiness [5]	Marketing [6]		Areas of Best Adaptation [7]
						Shipping	Local Sales
Juneprince [t]	35	650	Semi-Free	M	F	*	*	S
Brighton6	34	750	Semi-Free	M	F to G	*	*	S,C
Texroyal [t]	34	600	Free	M	F to G?	*?	*	S
Early Redhaven	34	950	Semi-Free	M to L	F to G	*	*	C,N
Gala [t]	33	700	Semi-Free	M	F to G?	*?	*	S,C
Flavorcrest [t]	33	750	Semi-Free	M	F?	*?	*	S,C
Regina [t]	32	850	Semi-Free	M	F to G?	*	*	S,C,N
Sentinel	32	850	Semi-Free	M	G	*	*	S,C,N
Pekin	31	950	Semi-Free	S to M	G to E	*	-	C,N
Harson	30	850	Semi-Free	M to L	G	*	*	S,C,N
Jerseyland	30	850	Semi-Free	M to L	E	*	*	S,C,N
Redhaven	28	950	Semi-Free	M	G	*	*	C,N
Sugar Sweet [t]	28	850	Semi-Free	S to M	F to G	*?	*	S,C,N
Harbrite	26	850	Free	M to L	G to E	*	*	S,C,N
Norman [t]	26	850	Free	M to L	G to E	*	*	S,C,N
Harken [t]	25	850	Free	M to L	G	*	*	S,C,N
La Gold	25	700	Free	M	F	-	*	S,C
Newhaven [t]	25	850	Free	L	G to E	*	*	S,C,N
Clayton	24	850	Free	M	G to E	*	*	S,C,N
Troy [t]	24	850	Free	M to L	G to E	*	*	S,C,N
PF12A	23	800	Semi-Free	M to L	?	*	*	S,C,N
Delp Early Hale	22	850	Free	M to L	G	*	*	S,C,N
Harvester	22	750	Free	M to L	G	*	*	S,C
Jim Dandee [t]	22	850	Free	M to L	G	*	*	S,C,N
Topaz	22	850	Free	L	F	*	*	S
Sunland	21	750	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C
Velvet	21	750	Free	M to L	G	*	*	S,C
Bellaire	20	900	Free	M to L	G to E	*	*	C,N
Cary Mac	20	750	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C
Cullinan [t]	20	750	Free	L	G	*	*	S,C,N

Table 1. Characteristics of Yellow-Fleshed Peach Varieties Available for Commercial Use and Trial Plantings--CONTINUED

Variety	Ripening Season (Days Before Elberta) [1]	Chill Hours [2]	Stone Freeness [3]	Fruit Size [4]	Cold Hardiness [5]	Marketing [6]		Areas of Best Adaptation [7]
						Shipping	Local Sales
CVN-z [t]	20	750	Free	M to L?	F to G?	*?	*	S,C
Envoy	20	950	Free	M to L	F to G	*	*	C,N
La Feliciana [t]	20	550	Free	M to L	F	-	*	S
Reliance	20	950	Free	S to M	E to O	-	*	C,N
Veeglo	19	850	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C,N
Jayhaven	18	900	Free	M to L	E	*	*	C,N
Vivid	18	850	Free	M to L	G	*	*	S,C,N
Carogem	17	900	Free	L	G	*	*	C,N
Fireprince [t]	17	850	Free	M to L	F to G?	*	*	S,C,N
Hawthorne [t]	17	600	Free	M to L	F	*?	*	S
Majestic	17	800	Free	L	G to E	*	*	S,C,N
Harrow Beauty	15	850	Free	L	G	*	*	S,C,N
PF15A	15	800	Free	L	?	*	*	S,C,N
Zachary Taylor [t]	15	850	Free	L	G to E	*	*	S,C,N
Glohaven	14	850	Free	L	F to G	*	*	C,N
Stagg	14	850	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C,N
Ellerbe [t]	13	850	Free	M to L	G to E	*	*	S,C,N
Winblo	13	800	Free	L	G	*	*	C,N
Bounty [t]	12	800	Free	M to L	F to G	*	*	S,C
La Premier	12	1,050	Free	M to L	G	*	*	C,N
Loring	12	750	Free	Very L	F to G	*	*	S,C
PF17	12	800	Free	L	?	*	*	S,C,N
Canadian Harmony	10	850	Free	L	G	*	*	S,C,N
Summergold	10	750	Free	M to L	F to G	*	*	S,C
Suncrest [t]	10	650	Free	M to L	F to G	*	*	S
Contender	9	1,050	Free	M to L	E	*	*	C,N
Madison	7	850	Free	M to L	G to E	-	*	S,C,N
Red Kist	7	850	Free	M to L	G to E	*	*	S,C,N
Yakima Hale	7	850	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C,N
Denman	6	850	Free	L	G to E	*	*	S,C,N

Table 1. Characteristics of Yellow-Fleshed Peach Varieties Available for Commercial Use and Trial Plantings--CONTINUED

Variety	Ripening Season (Days Before Elberta) [1]	Chill Hours [2]	Stone Freeness [3]	Fruit Size [4]	Cold Hardiness [5]	Marketing [6]		Areas of Best Adaptation [7]
						Shipping	Local Sales
Alred Elberta	4	750	Free	M to L	F to G	*	*	S,C
Earlirio	4	850	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C,N
Biscoe	3	900	Free	L	E	*	*	C,N
Cresthaven	3	850	Free	M to L	E	*	*	S,C,N
Dixiland	3	750	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C
PF23	3	700	Free	L	?	*	*	S,C,N
Lizzie Lou [t]	3	750	Free	M to L?	F to G?	*?	*	S,C
Ruston Red	3	850	Free	L	G to E	*	*	S,C,N
Sunprince	3	800	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C
Indian Red	2	850	Cling	M to L	E	-	*	S,C,N
Redskin	2	750	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C
Harcrest	0	850	Free	L	G	*	*	S,C,N
	(Days After Elberta) [1]
Glory [t]	2	850	Free	M to L	F to G?	*?	*	S,C,N
Clyde Wilson [t]	2	850	Free	L	G	*	*	S,C,N
Havis [t]	3	850	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C,N
Jefferson	3	850	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C,N
Jerseyglo [t]	4	850	Free	L	G	*	*	S,C,N
Emery	5	900	Free	L	G to E	*	*	C,N
Autummglo	6	850	Free	L	E	*	*	S,C,N
Bobeva	6	1,050	Free	L	G to E	*	*	C,N
Marglow	6	850	Free	L	G	*	*	S,C,N
Marland	6	850	Free	L	G	*	*	S,C,N
Monroe	6	850	Free	L	G	*	*	S,C,N
Tyler	6	950	Free	L	G to E	*	*	C,N
CVN-4 [t]	6	850	Free	M to L?	F to G?	*?	*	S,C,N
Encore	7	850	Free	L	E	*	*	S,C,N
Gemmer's Late Elberta	7	750	Free	L	G	*	*	S,C,N

Table 1. Characteristics of Yellow-Fleshed Peach Varieties Available for Commercial Use and Trial Plantings--CONTINUED

Variety	Ripening Season (Days After Elberta) [1]	Chill Hours [2]	Stone Freeness [3]	Fruit Size [4]	Cold Hardiness [5]	Marketing [6]		Areas of Best Adaptation [7]
						Shipping	Local Sales
Finale	8	750	Free	L	E	*	*	S,C
Sweet Sue	8	850	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C
O'Henry	10	750	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C
Flameprince [t]	10	850	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C
Marqueen	11	750	Free	L	G	*	*	S,C,N
CVN-7 [t]	12	850	Free	L?	F to G?	*?	*	S,C,N
Rubidoux	13	800	Free	L	G to E	*	*	S,C,N
Legend [t]	14	850	Free	L?	G	*?	*	S,C,N
La Jewel [t]	15	850	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C,N
Ouachita Gold [t]	17	800	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C,N
NJ193	20	750	Free	M to L	E	-	*	S,C,N
Cal Red [t]	20	750	Free	L	F to G	*	*	S,C,N
CVN-3t (Big Red)	20	750	Free	L?	F to G?	*?	*	S,C
Marsun	24	850	Free	L	G	*	*	S,C,N
Fairtime	30	750	Free	L	F	*	*	S,C
Parade	30	850	Free	L	F	*	*	S,C
[1] Elberta usually ripens in July in south Alabama, mid-July in central Alabama, and late July in north Alabama. [2] Refers to hours at or below 45 degrees F needed to satisfy rest (cold requirement) of variety. [3] Refers to freeness of stone--Cling, Semi-Cling, Semi-Free, Freestone. [4] S (small, M (medium), L (large). [5] Overall hardiness rating (winter bud hardiness plus hardiness during flowering) is as follows: P (poor), F (fair), G (good), E (excellent), and O (outstanding). [6] Marketing method: * indicates fruits are best adapted to this type of marketing. [7] Area in state where varieties are best adapted: north (N), central (C), south (S). Varieties with chilling requirements above 700 should not be planted in southern two-thirds of Mobile, Baldwin, and Houston counties. [t] Indicates varieties suggested for trial plantings.

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