Come try the peaches at The Peters Orchards. Our market is known for our sweet and delicious home-grown peaches. We grow many varieties of white and yellow, cling and freestone peaches. Because we grow all of our own peaches, we can let them tree-ripen and pick them at optimal sweetness. During the peach season beginning in July–September, we hand pick our peaches daily. Some of our peach specialties include heirloom varieties such as Red Haven, Sun High, Loring, Elberta and the more unique varieties such as donut peaches and sub-acid peaches.
VarietyMay | Flesh Color | Description | Suggested Use | Type of Pit | Availibility |
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Spring Snow | White | The fruit is medium in size, highly colored and quite firm. | Eating | Clingstone | July |
Desiree | Yellow | This fruit is medium in size, highly colored with excellent quality and few split pits. | Eating | Semi-Cling | July |
Earlystar | Yellow | Fruit is medium in size, semi-freestone with good color and firmness. | Eating | Semi-Cling | July |
Sugar May | White | Is a medium in size, highly colored and firm, producing excellent quality freestone peaches. | Eating | Freestone | July |
Sentry | Yellow | Is a firm, highly colored, semi-freestone peach with outstanding size for an early variety. | Eating | Semi-Cling | July |
Glen Glo | Yellow | The fruit is large, highly colored with good quality. | Eating | Clingstone | July |
Red Haven | Yellow | Medium-sized and colors to a brilliant red. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | July |
July Rose | White | Medium to large, very firm with excellent color. | Eating | Clingstone | July |
Blazing Star | Yellow | A very attractive, firm, yellow-fleshed peach ripening just after Red Haven. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | August |
White Donut | White | White-fleshed and very tender, with high sugar content. Sweet and very juicy. | Eating | Freestone | August |
Starfire | Yellow | Fruit is brilliant red, very firm, sweet & juicy. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | August |
White Lady | White | Is an outstanding variety in every way. The fruit is highly colored and very firm with excellent dessert qualities. | Eating | Freestone | August |
John Boy | Yellow | Fruit is of very high quality, large and very firm | Eating Baking, Canning | Freeston | August |
Sunhigh | Yellow | The fruit is large, freestone, of exceptional quality and considered one of the best varieties for canning or freezing. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | August |
Yellow Donut | Yellow | Has excellent size and firmness. The fruit has 100% yellow skin color, outstanding flavor. | Eating | Freestone | August |
August Rose | White | The fruit is medium to large and very attractive. | Eating | Freestone | August |
Coralstar | Yellow | A large, beautiful freestone peach with 80% red color. The flesh is firm with wounderful flavor. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | August |
Bounty | Yellow | The fruit is very large and freestone with exceptional quality. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | August |
Allstar | Yellow | A beautiful, bright red freestone peach with clear yellow flesh. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | August |
Sugar Giant | White | Is a large, firm white peach with exceptional eating quality. | Eating | Freestone | August |
Loring | Yellow | A large, firm, yellow-fleshed freestone with attractive red color over a yellow ground color. Loring is considered one of the best canning and freezing varieties. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | August |
Gloria | Yellow | It is a large , highly colored yellow-fleshed freestone peach. The fruit is very firm, low acid, with high sugar content. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | August |
Madison | Yellow | The fruit is medium to large, uniform in size and of exceptional quality. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | August |
Messina | Yellow | The fruit is very large, highly colored, with excellent firmness and fruit quality. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | August |
Sweet Dream* | Yellow | One of the most exciting sub-acid yellow-fleshed peach varieties. The fruit is very large, highly colored and very firm. | Eating | Semi-Cling | August |
Blushingstar | White | It is 80% deep pinkish-red and averages 2.5 inches and larger with wounderful distinctive flavor of a white peach. | Eating | Freestone | August |
Glowingstar | Yellow | A medium to large freestone peach with excellent color and firmness. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | August |
Cresthaven | Yellow | A very firm, highly colored variety for the late season. Fruit is yellow-fleshed, freestone, and shows considerable red around the pit. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | August |
Elberta | Yellow | Fruit is very large with good firmness and color. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | September |
Autumn Glo | Yellow | Is a very large, firm peach with dark red color on a greenish-yellow background. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | September |
Autum Star | Yellow | The fruit is large, freestone with with good firmness and fruit quality. | Eating, Baking, Canning | Freestone | September |
Laurol | Yellow | Fruit is large with attractive red skin and firm yellow flesh. | Eating | Freestone | September |
Snow Giant | White | The fruit is very large and firm with outstanding fruit quality. | Eating | Freestone | September |
Victoria | Yellow | Is a large peach with 40% red blush over a yellow background color. The flesh is very firm with excellent flavor. | Eating | Freestone | September |
* Sub-acid Varieties are known to be easier on the stomach for those who are sensitive.
Each peach variety only lasts a short period of time. Peters Orchards grow many different peach varieties so that we can span the summer months to have them available for you all weeks of the growing season for fresh eating, canning, freezing and jams.
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