Peach tree `Country Sweet`

Abstract

The present new and distinct variety of peach tree (Prunus persica) has the following unique combination of features that are desirable in a new variety. The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on nemaguard rootstock, grown on Hanford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., and with standard commercial cultural fruit growing practices, such as, pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation, fertilization: 1. Heavy and regular production of large size fruit. 2. Fruit with a mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor and excellent eating quality. 3. Fruit with firm, yellow flesh, good storage and shipping quality. 4. Fruit that will hold firm on the tree 10 to 12 days after maturity (shipping ripe). 5. Fruit with a high degree of attractive red skin blush. 6. Vigorous, upright growth.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of peach tree, substantially as illustrated and described, which is characterized by its large size, vigorous, upright growth; being a regular and productive bearer of large, yellow flesh, semi-freestone fruit with mild, sweet, sub-acid flavor and excellent eating quality; holds firm on the tree 10 to 12 days after maturity (shipping ripe); having good storage and shipping quality; and, in comparison to the sub-acid peach variety Sweet Gem (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,952), the new variety