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Carolina Belle peach trees

Prunus persica 'Carolina Belle'

  • Self-fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flesh colour: White

Carolina Belle is a white-flesh peach with a sweet flavor. The fruit size is large, typically around 3".

This is a freestone peach - the stone comes away cleanly from the flesh.

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  • Full-size 1-year bare-root tree $38.95
    Mature height: 16ft-24ft after 10 years
    Vigorous rootstock

How to grow

Be sure to thin the fruitlets in late spring if there are too many, as this will improve the size and flavor of the remaining ones.

Advice on fruit tree pollination.

History

Carolina Belle was developed in conjunction with North Carolina State University and released in 1987.

Carolina Belle characteristics

  • Gardening skillAverage
  • Self-fertilitySelf-fertile
  • Pollination group3
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • Picking seasonLate
  • UsesEating fresh
  • Keeping (of fruit)1 week
  • General resistanceAverage
  • Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 5 (-29C)Zone 6 (-23C)Zone 7 (-18C)Zone 8 (-12C)
  • Chill requirementLow-chill
  • Country of originUnited States
  • Period of origin1950 - 1999
  • Flesh colourWhite
  • Fruit colorOrange flushYellow / Red

Similar varieties

  • Carolina Gold
    A self-fertile cold-hardy late-blooming yellow-flesh freestone peach.