The Hale Haven peach ( Prunus persica or Halehaven ) is characterized by foggy orange tegument heavily marked with red . Plump with juice and a delicious flavor , nursing home orchard enthusiasts enjoy grow this peach mixture since it does not grow too declamatory and is among the most cold - unfearing .

Origins

Peaches spring up in China , but spread to many component part of the worldly concern ’s moderate regions over the centuries . The Hale Haven peach is a human beings - made hybrid from the United States , the result of crossing two smorgasbord of peaches : J. H. Hale with South Haven .

Features

While stock peach trees quickly grow to a maximal sizing of 25 invertebrate foot tall and wide , Hale Haven is a semi - dwarf , touch a mature size of 12 to 18 feet tall and more or less less in width . Its pink blossom occur in early to mid - spring . The fruit spring up across late spring and early summer . Regarded as a mid - season sweetheart , Hale Haven develop many medium- to large - size of it peaches with unwavering and blue chassis inside red skin . It is a freestone type , meaning its stony seed core readily pull out from the flesh . The Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ’s bloom and leaf buds prove excellent winter hardiness , assure minuscule damage from later wintertime cold or wintertime of foresighted duration .

Requirements

Hale Haven peach Tree should be embed in a full sun localization in the garden , meet no less than eight hours of direct sunlight daily . The grunge must be prolific and moist , but drain well so that roots never sit in soggy or flooding conditions after rude rain . The trees can be turn in USDA Hardiness Zones 5 through 8 , or in Sunset Climate zone 1 through 3 ; 6 through 11 ; and 14 through 16 .

Considerations

Peach tree diagram call for a bit more pruning than other yield trees . To promote output of fruits across the full tree canopy rather than just on the sagging branch tips , prune back ramification by one - third in late wintertime to hold flowers and to boost new side branches that will bring out flowers next saltation . engraft more than one tree increases pollination by insects , even though Hale Haven is involve as ego - fertile . remove some fruits when only 1 inch in size so that developing fruits remain spaced about 8 to 10 inches across a branch allow them to farm to their fullest size and flavor potential . Two fungal diseases of concern on peaches let in peach leaf curl and brown decomposition , both managed with diligence of sleeping spray in winter and maintaining a clean woodlet .

Uses

In a landscape painting design setting , the Hale Haven peach acts as both an cosmetic inflorescence Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as well as fruit tree . The fruits of this variety make impertinent table snacks and also keep their firm flesh and flavor well when canned .

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