Peach Varieties in the Southeast

Abstract

As the climatic limitations of the commercial peach industry are approached in the Southeastern States, peach varieties behave quite differently than in the more northern sections of the country. Here peach orchards grow rapidly and are relatively short-lived. For this reason varieties are discarded rapidly if they do not stand up under the extremes of climate, the ravages of insects and disease, as well as the economic limitations imposed by a region which must ship its fruit long distances to its principal markets.