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New Low Chill Peach with Double Ruffled Blossoms Like Frilly Red Petticoats 

 February 9, 2017

By  GreenGenie

'Red Baron' PEACH

Prunus persica 'Red Baron'

Low chill variety:   250 chill hours

self-pollinating
Ripens late:  usually mid-July
Nemaguard rootstock:   esp. for FL

hardy in zones 7-9;

'Red Baron' is a low chill peach for zones 7-9 that ripens later than most:   about late June to mid-July

The 'Red Baron' peach presents a dazzling display of red double ruffled blossoms in late spring for nearly 2.5-3 weeks! Large 3", juicy, firm, freestone peaches ripen in mid-July.  
UPDATE 2025:  it's actually a 4" peach !

At only 250 chill hours,  the  'Red Baron' peach can be grown as far south as northern Tampa (Odessa / Lutz)  and northern Orlando, where the zone 9 temps range at 210-310 most winters. 

It is also thriving well in upper zone 8, as far north as Athens Georgia!   That's a rather wide growing range for the average low chill peach -- most don't have that much latitude in temperature tolerance.

Red Baron is a richly flavored yellow peach with strong red exterior blushing.  It is highly rated in taste tests, and a long-time favorite in Southern California and Texas.  Our trees are grafted on Nemaguard especially for Florida home orchards.

The spectacular double, scarlet-red blossoms can last as long as three weeks in the late spring, with fruit ripening from late June through mid-July. On Nemaguard root stock, trees grow about 12-15' tall and nearly as wide.

dbl  fuschia red flowers dappled with raindrops

tips bloom first

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