China Pearl is a cold-hardy late-blooming white-fleshed freestone peach with good fruit size.
USDA identification images for China Pearl
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Parents and other ancestors of this variety
- Contender (parent)
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Tree register
We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet. If you have a China Pearl tree you can register it here.
Origins
- Species: Prunus persica - Peach
Identification
- Country of origin: United States
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Fruit size: Very large
Using
- Picking season: Mid
- Keeping (of fruit): 1 week
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Food uses: Culinary
- Wildlife: Attractive to birds
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 4
- Pollinating others: Average
- Vigour: Vigorous
- Precocity: Precocious
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Climate
- Frost resistance of blossom: Some resistance
- Chill requirement: High-chill
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
- Bacterial spot: Some resistance
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer China Pearl peach / nectarine trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (USA) United States
China Pearl peach / nectarine trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.