Have any of your pits germinated Judith?
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"Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder."-Rumi
"It's all one song!" -Neil Young
Will Williams wrote:Hi Judith,
Do you have any Indian Blood pits you might be willing to share? Id be glad to purchase them.
thanks
Will
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Ioana Hotea wrote:
Hello Judith and everyone!
I’ve red your old post on blood peaches and the topic on propagating them from stones and I would like very much to try this myself. I have tried finding indian blood peach trees (freestone or clingstone) seedlings or grafted but I live in Europe and didn’t have much luck.
I know that sending stones overseas is a little more complicated than sending them inland but I would very much like to ask you, if you will have peaches this next season, to send me some stones and I will, of course, support all the costs involved. I really wish to have them in my small orchard (I live in a 7b climate) and is very frustrating not being able to find these varieties anywhere.
Wishing you all all the best, and a wonderful next next season!
Best wishes,
Ioana from Romania
Judith Browning wrote:No peaches this year...too many freezes after the bloom.
I'll update this thread when I have some...
In the meantime if anyone wants to guide me through taking scions I would be happy to learn so I could share them rather than depending on fruit set. I know it's late for this year but maybe I could take some cuttings when I prune next winter?
Ioana Hotea wrote:
I happened to get some lily bulbs form US and other seeds with no problems. But unfortunately it is prohibited to import bare roots fruit trees from nurseries from US to EU under normal conditions and the nurseries that carry heirloom varieties such Indian Blood are rare and and are not authorized for export.
This is why I hope very much that, if conditions are suitable, you could send me some kernels to propagate myself. I hope to get at least one viable seedling and to further propagate it here so it would become a variety available in EU also. I grew up in the countryside and had a wonderful fruit forest at my late grandparents, and now I have my own little orchard with 20+ fruit trees that I love to care for. It is such a joy to see them grow, flower and ripen their fruits. I hope to soon add this wonderful variety to my garden and in time to share it with friends and family. It’s such a pity that delicious and healthy heirlooms like this are so rare and virtually unknown to most.
All the best,
Ioana
Anton Jacobski Hedman wrote:
I also live in Europe and would love to try growing these as well, though my climate is near the northernmost possible range of peaches already. Still trees grown from Italian/Spanish grocery store peaches/nectarines grow well enough here. I am pretty sure these blood peaches are a bit more hardy than the Mediterranean varieties? Unless their origin is from the US deep south. It's sad that we have lost so much of the genetic diversity of peaches that the Native Americans had, many of their varieties were probably quite cold hardy and better adapted to more humid and temperate climates.
Btw there are also European red peach varieties that are easier to get ahold of. In France in some areas they grow blood peaches in between grape vines, they call them "Peche Sanguine" and "Peche de Vigne".
Example of a place selling Peche Sanguine: https://www.meillandrichardier.com/pecher-sanguine-vineuse.html
You can probably find a nursery in France willing to send you one of these trees. Even some of those that don't list your country but list others like Germany, Portugal etc can probably send you the tree if you order via email. I mean you are within the EU right?
Edit: Of course these would still not taste the same as Indian Blood Peaches as they are of a different stock/origin that both happened to be selected for more attractive red flesh fruits.
Ioana Hotea wrote:
Anton Jacobski Hedman wrote:
I also live in Europe and would love to try growing these as well, though my climate is near the northernmost possible range of peaches already. Still trees grown from Italian/Spanish grocery store peaches/nectarines grow well enough here. I am pretty sure these blood peaches are a bit more hardy than the Mediterranean varieties? Unless their origin is from the US deep south. It's sad that we have lost so much of the genetic diversity of peaches that the Native Americans had, many of their varieties were probably quite cold hardy and better adapted to more humid and temperate climates.
Btw there are also European red peach varieties that are easier to get ahold of. In France in some areas they grow blood peaches in between grape vines, they call them "Peche Sanguine" and "Peche de Vigne".
Example of a place selling Peche Sanguine: https://www.meillandrichardier.com/pecher-sanguine-vineuse.html
You can probably find a nursery in France willing to send you one of these trees. Even some of those that don't list your country but list others like Germany, Portugal etc can probably send you the tree if you order via email. I mean you are within the EU right?
Edit: Of course these would still not taste the same as Indian Blood Peaches as they are of a different stock/origin that both happened to be selected for more attractive red flesh fruits.
Yes, I know about the European varieties, peches sanguine, and also intend to buy a Sanguine de Savoie peach tree, there are nurseries that deliver in all EU countries. It would be interesting to compare the French blood peaches to the American ones. From what information I have come upon, in France these peaches date back to the 18th century, so the US varieties are a little bit older. But there is not much information available on the subject of parentage, if the varieties are related to each other. In the 1700s France the probability of either original Chinese peaches or the American Indian Blood peach to arrive and to be planted is quite equal. From what I know from history, the French were avid collectors of exotic plants and liked also the experiment (the modern strawberry for example was born in France).
Anyway, I will try the Sanguine de Savoie peach this spring, I hope to get a potted young tree that will fruit soon and I will post here for sure my impressions on the fruit, but in an year or so..
Best wishes,
Ioana
Megan Palmer wrote:@Judith Browning how are the second lot of peach pits doing? Any sign of life yet?
Our tree has the most ever blossoms on them this year, fingers crossed that the recent artic blast hasn't damaged too many blossoms and that we get a good harvest.
Spring snow is a common occurrence, it has fallen as late as mid October in previous years
Judith Browning wrote:
Megan Palmer wrote:@Judith Browning how are the second lot of peach pits doing? Any sign of life yet?
Our tree has the most ever blossoms on them this year, fingers crossed that the recent artic blast hasn't damaged too many blossoms and that we get a good harvest.
Spring snow is a common occurrence, it has fallen as late as mid October in previous years
I have one healthy 4' tree from the first batch from you that is happy in the ground.
And there is one nice one still in a pot from the second round.
Seems I'm meant to have these trees in pairs...my sorbus seed from Phillip resulted in only two health trees also
That's a beautiful peach of yours and wonderful view in your photo!
Ours, of course, are loosing leaves like crazy...
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Sheila Segrest wrote:My question is how do I store peach pits until planting in Dec/jan and it is still July ?
Sheila
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