Peach Varieties at Shaw Orchards




		Peaches

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Jun 21, 2023
Aug 29, 2023

September 14, 2023: Peach season is over.

Our sweet and juicy peaches are picked by hand at the peak of ripeness and are available at our farm market. We also deliver to many area grocery stores. All of our peaches are great for snacking, but for other uses, make sure you get freestone, or ripe semi-freestone peaches.

Juicy, fresh peaches are great eating by themselves, but for a real treat, try some of our recipes.

We hope that this information assists you when purchasing our many different varieties of peaches. The season will be at least 60 days long, so enjoy….

Helpful definitions:
Cling: Peach that will not come off the pit, except with a knife. Our early peaches are clings, but sliced and served on ice cream or cereal, they are full of flavor and juice making them a treat. In fact, many people prefer the big taste of our first peach, Sentry.

Semi-freestone: Peach that will come off the pit when fully ripe. Usually early season peaches.

Freestone: Peaches that can be twisted and will fall off their pit. If you are going to can, you will definitely want to wait for the Freestones.

APPROXIMATE PEACH RIPENING CALENDAR
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Flaming Fury 5D	July 5	Cling. Our first peach of the season!
Early 8 Ball	July 10	Cling. Beautiful peach with good color
Sentry	July 10	Semi-freestone. Good size, big flavor, a favorite.
Glenglow	July 10	Semi-freestone. Perhaps an improvement on Sentry?
Saturn Donut Peach	July 18	Freestone. A new flat, white-flesh peach that has amazing flavor. Wildly popular.
Flaming Fury 9A	July 20	Semi-freestone. As good as Red Haven, and just a little earlier.
John Boy	July 20	Semi-freestone. A beautiful peach with great flavor.
Red Haven	July 24	Semi-freestone. The most famous peach in the mid-Atlantic.
Salem	Aug 1	Freestone. Very popular peach, great for all purposes.
White Lady	Aug 5	Freestone. Super sweet, white flesh peach.
Flaming Fury PF17	Aug 5	Freestone. Good mid-season performer.
Flaming Fury PF19	Aug 7	Freestone. Like PF17, but a little later.
Flaming Fury PF24	Aug 10	Freestone. Consistently our largest peach.
Messina	Aug 25	Freestone. A new peach for us... will be replacing Fayette.
Fayette	Aug 25	Freestone. Good quality, firm peach. A good one to end the season. Wonderful for canning or freezing.