Peach tree named `Edwards Ambrosia`

Abstract

A new distinct variety of white peach with the following noted uniqueness: 1. A late maturing white peach of large size. 2. Fruit with excellent flavor, aroma, and eating quality. 3. Fruit with firm flesh and good shipping and storing qualities when handled carefully. 4. Fruit with bright attractive red and yellow skin color. 5. Fruit with very high soluble solids. 6. Fruit that can be eaten with skin on with no bitter after taste. 7. Fruit with very little skin pubescence. 8. A tree with very vigorous upright growth. 9. A tree that is early bearing. 10. A tree that is tolerant of peach leaf curl. 11. A white peach that maintains its flesh firmness, color, and flavor when canned or preserved.

I claim: 
     
       1. This is a new, and distinct variety of white fleshed peach tree, as described and illustrated, as grown under the ecological conditions prevailing near Springville, Tulare County, Calif., this peach is characterized by its late ripening time of approximately August 23, its tendency to bear on young trees, its ability to produce large sweet fruit every year, its high soluble solids and its nearly pubescence free skin; and, the tree has vigorous upright growth that is tolerant of peach leaf curl and produces large yellow and red attractive fruit.