Are you looking for a peach tree that is trouble-free to grow, that is also delicious and productive? This video shows why the Oregon Curlfree Peach is my favorite peach tree to grow.
Why is it called "Oregon Curlfree"? Because it's resistant to Peach Leaf Curl. What's peach leaf curl? It's the scourge of peach growers everywhere where the spring weather is wet and cool, generally below 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Peach trees can be really challenging to grow - or even keep alive - in those cool and wet springtime conditions.
Plenty of folks will spray to prevent peach leaf curl, but that costs money. And that spraying has to be consistent over time, with each spraying done at just the right time.
The Oregon Curlfree Peach tree doesn't need any of that! So it's a great peach for growing organic fruit.
Oregon Curlfree is a pretty little peach tree. It's a smaller sized tree that fits will in an urban landscape. It's easy to keep at only 8 feet high. And it does well even when it's not in full, direct sun all day. The tree and its pink blossoms look nice enough for growing in a front yard, too!
But what about the peaches? Oregon Curlfree peaches are amazing as a peach for eating fresh, right off the tree. That's the advantage of a homegrown Oregon Curlfree peach -- you can wait until they are really ripe. Oregon Curlfree peaches don't necessarily look ripe, though, because they keep a greenish cast, even when they are soft. When the top of the peaches give a little, under the pressure of your thumb, they are perfect!
Some peaches will get mealy and lose flavor if they are left to mature on the tree too long. Not Oregon Curlfree! They just get sweeter and sweeter, peachier and peachier, and juicier and juicier! If you're going to eat the peach, whole, do it outdoors, leaning over, so all that juice doesn't dribble down your shirt!
THere are folks that don't like the fuzziness of a peach - and Oregon Curlfree peaches are fuzzy! But they peel so easily when they are ripe! And they are cling-free, or freestone, peaches, too. So the pits some out clean and easy. That makes for a pretty peach to serve on a plate.
I don't think that Oregon Curlfree make very good preaches for cooking, canning, or freezing, because they are a low-acid peach. Instead, because they don't get ripe all at one, just enjoy the amazing abundance of eating fresh peaches, day after day, for 4-6 weeks in the middle of peach season, depending on the weather.
Use other peach varieties for cooking or preserving. I'll tell you my recommendation of that sort of peach in an upcoming video.
Where can you get an Oregon Curlfree peach tree to plant yourself?The Oregon Curlfree peach is just starting to show up on a few lists of recommended varieties from fruit growing groups and Cooperative Extension, like California, Oregon, and Connecticut. So it's not sold by a lot of nurseries. I'll list some other sources below, too. I don't have any affiliations with any of these places, but I did get my tree by mail order from One Green World in Oregon.
I've been growing my Oregon Curlfree peach for over 5 years and I've been so pleased with it. And their flavor is amazing! It's the best flavored peach I have ever eaten! And it has been so free of disease!
If you've had trouble with peach leaf curl and like fresh peaches, this could be the right variety for you!
Sources for Oregon Curlfree Peaches. If you know other sources, please let us all know in the comments!
One Green World, Oregon
Rolling River Nursery, California
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