Peach Varieties for Pennsylvania: No Dwarf Rootstocks

Blair County, PA resident told dwarf peaches won't grow there. Asks for suitable varieties.

Penn State Recommendations

"Currently, no suitable dwarfing rootstocks exist for peaches." Standard varieties recommended:

Early Season

• Candor (-20 days vs Redhaven): First quality early peach, yellow, medium, split pits limit canning.
• Harrow Diamond (-15): Medium-large, scarlet-red, semiclingstone.
• Garnet Beauty (-10): Good early, semiclingstone to freestone, productive.
• Glenglo (-8): Yellow, attractive, medium-large, low bacterial spot susceptibility.
• Reliance (-6): Best bud hardiness for marginal sites, fair quality.

Mid Season

• Redhaven (0): Industry standard, good quality, small if not thinned.
• Harbrite (+4): Productive freestone, medium-large, winter hardy, disease resistance.
• Redkist (+14): Crimson-red, firm, freestone, low bacterial spot.
• Beekman (+16): Red sport of Sunhigh, very firm, high quality, showy flowers.

Late Season

• Harmony (+21): Productive, winter-hardy, freezes well.
• Madison (+24): Firm, high-quality, frost-tolerant, for northern areas.
• Cresthaven (+27): Medium-large, uniform, golden with red, yellow freestone.
• Encore (+30): Large, 60-70% crimson, firm freestone, late Aug-Sept.

Choose based on harvest window, hardiness, and disease resistance.