Peach tree `Siesta Gem`

Abstract

The new and distinct variety of peach tree has the following unique combination of desirable features: 1. Early maturity of large size fruit. 2. Fruit with an attractive red blush skin. 3. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 4. Producing firm fruit with good storage and shipping quality. 5. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 6. Relatively uniform size of fruit throughout the tree. 7. Vigorous, upright growth.

We claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of peach tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its large size, vigorous, upright growth, and being a productive and regular bearer of large, yellow flesh, clingstone fruit with good flavor and eating quality; the fruit is further characterized by being nearly globose in shape, having firm flesh with good storage and shipping abiliy, having an attractive red blush skin, and in comparison to the variety May Crest Peach (U.S. Pat. No. P.P. 4,064) the new variety has heavier production of larger size fruit.