PF8 Ball peach trees

PF8 Ball peach trees for sale

• Full-size, 1-year bare-root tree $41.95

  Mature height: 16ft-24ft after 10 years
  Vigorous rootstock
  

  Out of stock
  

All about PF8 Ball peach trees

PF8 Ball is a red early-season yellow-flesh peach, quite similar to Redhaven, but ripening 10 days earlier. It is named for its almost perfectly spherical shape.

PF8 Ball is a freestone peach - the stone comes away cleanly from the flesh. 

The red-skinned fruits are relatively large for such an early variety, around 2.75" in good conditions.

PF8 is best used for fresh eating, but is also suitable for baking and freezing.

How to grow

Despite being an early-season peach, PF8 Ball flowers relatively late, which helps to avoid frost damage.

The tree is vigorous and spreading, and the branches develop strong wide crotch angles. It is reasonably disease-resistant.

Advice on fruit tree pollination.

History

PF8 Ball is one of the Flamin' Fury peaches developed by Michigan peach grower Paul Friday. Paul's cousin (and farming neighbor) Jim Friday, along with his daugher and her husband, also went into peach development and released the Stellar series of peaches. Between them they helped make Michigan a center for new peach development.

PF8 Ball characteristics

• What level of gardening skill is needed to grow PF8 Ball?Experienced
• Is PF8 Ball self-fertile?Self-fertile
• What flowering group is PF8 Ball?4
• Is PF8 Ball good for pollinating others?Average
• What season do you pick PF8 Ball?Early
• UsesEating fresh
• How long can you keep PF8 Ball in a fridge?1 week
• What is the overall disease resistance of PF8 Ball?Average
• What is the USDA hardiness zone for PF8 Ball?Zone 5 (-29C)
• What is the chill requirement of PF8 Ball?Low-chill
• Where does PF8 Ball originate from?United States
• When was PF8 Ball first introduced?2000
• Flesh colorGolden / Yellow
• Fruit colorOrange / Red