Blazing with color and sweet with flavor, the Sweet Blaze peach is an aptly-named low-acid, yellow-fleshed freestone. Sweet Blaze exhibits large size and full skin color (bright orange to red blush). In fruit evaluations at Dave Wilson Nursery, Sweet Blaze stands out as having very firm flesh and excellent shape.
Sweet Blaze Yellow Peach
Sweet Blaze Yellow Peach
- Brief
Blazing color, low-acid sweet flavor, very firm, freestone. - Estimated Chilling Requirement
750-850 hours below 45°F - Pollination
Self-fruitful
- Harvest Season within fruit type
early midseason - Harvest Dates
June 24 to July 9(approximate for Fresno, CA area) - Fruit Size
Average diameter 2-3/4" to 3"
- Developed by Zaiger Genetics. U.S. Plant Patent No. 11630. (Expired)
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Additional Notes
1. Clemson University gives high scores to Sweet Blaze for color, firmness, fruit set and overall attributes. Average size is 2 3/4" and larger. Brix averages 13-16 or more. They note a nice sweet taste, and some incidence of brown rot. (Musser Fruit Research Farm, South Carolina, 2009-2012 data).
