Canning Clingstone Peaches

Tree fruit varieties offered by Dave Wilson Nursery are selected for their firmness, good shipping characteristics and desirable flesh quality. Approximate ripening dates (for the Fresno, California area), chilling requirements and patent information are listed for each variety along with any special traits.

Some Variety Names link to Tech Sheets

Andross

Early - harvest August 1; excellent size and color; very good quality canning peach; highly productive, medium-sized, semi-upright tree

Bowen

Early - harvest August 3; fruit is medium to large, soft, sometimes showing green pockets in the fruit. Introduced in 1971 to fill a maturity period need. Productive.

Carson

Extra early - harvest July 22; very good size fruit for an extra early; very good quality for cannery although prone to invisible split pits; semi-upright tree is somewhat willowy

Ceres Carson

Extra early - harvest 7 days ahead of Loadel; fruit set appears to be lighter than Loadel with better size & production; tree is upright with good vigor.

Davis (Dr. Davis)

Late - harvest August 16; introduced by University of California in 1982; very good size and color; excellent firmness and cold storage capability; vigorous, productive, upright tree (U.S. Plant Patent # 4861)

Goodwin

Early - harvest July 28; fruit is angular to round with slight tip; flesh is yellow to yellow-gold in color; tree is vigorous, upright with a spreading growth habit; U.C. introduction (U.S. Plant Patent # pending)

Halford

Late - August 22; large, firm with very good, consistant quality fruit; introduced in 1921 and still an industry standard; vigorous, semi-upright tree.

Hesse

Extra late - harvest August 28, high quality, uniform fruit with very good flavor, ripens uniformly for minimum pickings with no tendency to split pits, very productive tree (Patent #8332)

Klamath

august - harvest

Klamt

Early - harvest August 7; fruit is medium to large; weak in color and firmness; uniform ripening on large, very productive semi-upright tree

Late Ross

Late - harvest August 18; introduced by the University of California in 199 9. Large, uniform, similar to Ross; vigorous, semi-upright tree. (Patent Pending)

Lilleland

Late - August

Loadel

Extra early - harvest July 17; good color and firmness; sizes well for an extra early; large, vigorous, semi-spreading tree

Monaco

Late - harvest August 19; good size, color and firmness; heavy producer; large, upright/spreading tree

Rizzi

Late - harvest August 14, medium size fruit, slightly earlier than Dr. Davis, excellent storage capability has made Rizzi attractive to canneries for extending processing season (Patent # 8394)

Ross

Late - harvest August 9; introduced by University of California in 1982; large, uniform and moderately firm fruit; highly-productive, medium-sized, semi-upright tree (Patent # 4863)

Stanislaus

Extra early - harvest July 22; very vigorous and productive Zaiger variety available to California Canning Peach Association members, approximately with or slightly ahead of Carson, but with better fruit quality and returns for both cannery and grower. (Zaiger) (Patent #8376)

Starn

Extra late - harvest August 25; large, uniform fruit with good color and firmness; sizes well with minimal thinning; consistently productive tree; most popular extra-late season cling variety

Sullivan #4

Extra late - harvest August 28; medium sized fruit & tree; nice uniform ripening yellow fruit.

Tuolumne

Early - harvest August 4, early blooming, precocious and productive new Zaiger variety available to California Canning Peach Association members, ripens with or slightly ahead of Andross but with firmer fruit and improved cannery case yield. (Zaiger) (Patent Pending)

Also available for your replant needs:

Corona, Carolyn G, Dee Six, Everts, and Wiser