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Peach (Redhaven) is the definitive freestone peach for home gardeners — a mid-season variety producing large, richly flavored fruits with golden-yellow flesh blushed red, a smooth texture, and a perfectly balanced sweet-tart flavor. Ready in mid-July in zones 5–8, Redhaven requires approximately 950 hours of winter chilling and is self-fruitful, making it an excellent single-tree option. The fruits are freestone — the pit pulls cleanly away from the flesh at full ripeness — making them ideal for fresh eating, canning, freezing, and baking. Redhaven trees are vigorous and moderately disease-resistant, and the variety's cold hardiness is exceptional for a peach, making it one of the northernmost-adaptable varieties available.
Plant Redhaven in full sun in deep, well-drained, slightly acidic soil (pH 6.0–6.5). Space 15–20 feet apart. Prune to an open-center (vase) shape each late winter to ensure sunlight penetration into the canopy — essential for fruit color and sweetness. Remove one-third of new growth annually; Redhaven fruits exclusively on one-year-old wood. Thin fruits to 6–8 inches apart when marble-sized for premium-sized, sweet peaches rather than small, crowded ones. Apply a balanced fruit tree fertilizer in early spring. Water deeply during fruit development. Spray copper fungicide at bud swell (before budbreak) to control peach leaf curl — the most reliable timing for this near-universal peach disease. Net or bag individual fruits to protect from birds and brown rot near harvest.
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