The Georgia Peach

Varieties

Varieties for Georgia
Clemson Variety Evaluations

Varieties for Georgia

Below you will find information on the common varieties in production from southern and middle Georgia. Listed are qualities that may be helpful when selecting a variety for dessert preparation or preserving. Clingstone peaches are great for canning, pickling, and early season out-of-hand eating but people do not typically use them for freezing or cooking. The flesh of the freestone varieties readily separates from the pit, making them much easier to clean and manage. Peaches harvested later in the season are higher in natural sugars. Choose a variety with high to very high firmness for cooking. The firmer, late season peaches will tend to have higher pectin levels, useful in preparation of jams, jellies, and fruit preserves.

Variety	Harvest Date	Stone Freeness	Flesh Color	Firmness
Flordaking	Late May-Early June	Cling	Yellow	Low
Camden	Mid May	Cling	Yellow	Medium
Flordadawn	Mid May	Cling	Yellow	Medium
Flordacrest	Mid May	Semi-free	Yellow	Medium
Flordaglobe	Mid-Late May	Cling	Yellow	Medium
Empress	Mid-Late May	Cling	Yellow	Med-High
Sunbrite	Mid-Late May	Cling	Yellow	Medium
Springcrest	Mid-Late May	Cling	Yellow	High
Candor	Mid-Late May	Semi-free	Yellow	Medium
June Gold	Mid-Late May	Cling	Yellow	Medium
Shepard's Beauty	Late May	Cling	Yellow	Medium
Derby	Late May	Cling	Yellow	Medium
Goldprince	Late May-Early June	Cling	Yellow	High
Surecrop	Early-Mid June	Semi-free	Yellow	Medium
Summerprince	Early-Mid June	Semi-free	Yellow	High
Juneprince	Late May-Mid June	Semi-free	Yellow	High
Flavorcrest	Mid May	Free	Yellow	Very High
Gala	Mid-Late June	Free	Yellow	High
Rubyprince	Early-Mid June	Free	Yellow	Med-High
Harvester	Mid-Late June	Free	Yellow	Med-High
Cary Mac	Mid-Late June	Free	Yellow	High
Sunland	Mid June	Free	Yellow	High
Suwanee	Mid-Late June	Free	Yellow	Medium
Redhaven	Mid-Late June	Semi-free	Yellow	High
Encore	Late July	Free	Yellow	Med-High
Redglobe	Late June-Early July	Free	Yellow	High
Majestic	Late June-Early July	Free	Yellow	High
Summergold	Early July	Free	Yellow	Medium
Fireprince	Late June- Early July	Free	Yellow	High
Contender	Late June-Early July	Free	Yellow	High
Bounty	Early July	Free	Yellow	High
Elegantlady	Early July	Free	Yellow	Very High
Cresthaven	Early-Mid July	Free	Yellow	High
Dixiland	Mid July	Free	Yellow	Med-High
Fay Elberta	Mid July	Free	Yellow	Med-High
Redskin	Mid July	Free	Yellow	High
Sunprince	Mid July	Free	Yellow	High
Ruston Red	Mid July	Free	Yellow	Medium
O'Henry	Late July - Early Aug	Free	Yellow	Very High
Jefferson	Mid-Late July	Free	Yellow	Med-High
Summerlady	Mid July	Free	Yellow	High
Parade	Early August	Free	Yellow	High
Flameprince	Late July - Early Aug	Free	Yellow	High
Tyler	Late July-Early Aug	Free	Yellow	Med-High