Peregrine peach / nectarine
Prunus persica
Peregrine is the best flavoured white-flesh peach for the UK climate.
Peregrine peach / nectarine identification images
All images copyright Orange Pippin unless otherwise stated.
USDA identification images for Peregrine
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.
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United Kingdom
- Lorena Fernandez in Bristol, NORTH SOMERSET
Origins
- Species: Prunus persica - Peach
Identification
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Period of origin: 1900 - 1949
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: Pink - dark
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flesh colour: White
- Fruit size: Average
- Awards: RHS AGM (former)
Using
- Cling-stone: Freestone
- Picking season: Mid
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-3 days
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Picking month: August
- Picking period: late August
- Picking period: early September
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Experienced
- Flowering group: 3
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Pruning: Do not prune
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Cold-hardiness: Not cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Hot (>30C / 86F)
Other qualities
- Peach leaf curl: Some susceptibility
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Peregrine peach / nectarine trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Peregrine peach / nectarine trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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