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Re: [nafex] Brown-rot resistant peaches
David,
Instead of limiting your variety choices in peaches and nectarine, is it
possible for you to spray trees 2 to 3 during the growing season? If so, I
strongly recommend a dormant spray with neem seed oil, another spray with it
a blossom fall and third spray when peaches are thinned. You can skip the
3rd spraying if the weather is not consistently rainy. Neem seed oil, in my
experience, takes care of everything--brown rot, blights and many bugs.
And, the oil is not toxic. Just my 2 cents.
Doreen Howard
Zone 4b, Wisconsin
-----Original Message-----
From: David A. Consolvo <fruitopia@FIRSTVA.COM>
To: nafex@egroups.com <nafex@egroups.com>
Date: Saturday, January 20, 2001 5:12 PM
Subject: [nafex] Brown-rot resistant peaches
>I've grown out some healthy peach seedlings for spring grafting. I don't
>spray anything, and brown rot is by far my worst peach problem. Anyone
have
>suggestions for brown-rot resistant peach or nectarine varieties I can put
>on my seedlings?
>
>None of the following proved resistant to brown rot:
>- Mericrest nectarine
>- Redskin peach
>- Indian Blood peach
>- Heath Cling peach
>- Oldmixon Free peach
>- Legend peach
>- October peach
>- "Burford Early" peach
>- New Haven peach --- This was the only variety which even showed much
>tolerance to brown rot
>- Red Gold Nectarine
>- June Gold peach --- One year brown rot-free when everything else got it,
>probably because it is so early
>- Carolina Red peach
>- Pocahontas nectarine
>
>Varieties recently planted because I read rumors of brown rot
>tolerance/resistance:
>- Harrow Diamond peach
>- Madison peach
>- Harcrest peach
>- Elberta peach
>
>Thanks!
>David Consolvo
>Hungrytown, Virginia, Zone 7
><fruitopia@firstva.com>
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