Angel Peach Tree - Heavenly Sweet

Correy starts with ...
Here is the first forum topic on the Angel Peach Tree so if you have some questions or just want to discuss this exciting new variety feel free.

It is the second release from Plantnet who bought us the Pinkabelle Apple Tree which has proven to be very popular among backyard orchardists.

It is set to be released this winter and is a different variety to the China Flat peach and I am told the higher chill variety colours better (see pictures for proof) and tastes even sweeter. (I am guessing this is why they call it "Heavenly Sweet")

If you are in a subtropical environment like myself up here in Brisbane then you will want the low chill variety. For all you southerners who get frosts then go for the low chill variety.

Below are some stunning pictures of the fruit.

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aNON says...
Adelaide Hills is High, the flats is low.

Laura Mckay says...
When and where will it be available, will Bunnings carry it as the did with the apple, I work in one, and would love one of these peaches. Please advise.

Anonymous says...
at what age will it bear fruit? do you have any idea what month you will be getting them in?

Correy says...
Laura the angel peach will be trialed first through Daley's this winter then I would suspect it would be rolled out to other outlets.

John, I am getting one too, I haven't tasted one yet... But from the pictures they look great.

Anonymous: We are getting the high chill angel peaches in winter. Then a few months later the low chill angel peaches. I am guessing but most peach trees produce in 2-3 years.

David: The Angel peach is a totally different variety to the china flat. I would assume though that they are related.

Anonymous says...
yeah, it will stunt it somewhat.

have a look athe multi plantuigs at www.davewilson.com to see.

John says...
I let it fruit a bit, so you get to taste it and to weigh the limbs down.

Don't over do it, one or two fruit per limb would be OK.

I don't buy into the no fruit logic some poiple have, seems like a waste of fruiting potential to me.

Shaun says...
Pinkabella are avail in most Bunnings Warehouse Garden Centers .....
I saw heaps of them in Midland, Busselton, Bunbury, Rockingham and a few in Riverton? (High Street) and Belmonts stores in the weekend.

Angel Peach is available from most Dawsons and Waldecks, and Margaret River's Miter 10.

Good luck !!

Jack says...
Where can I buy a low chill variety of angel peach tree?

(This is another story)
When I went to Plantnet's(company that makes angel peach) website it said only selected Bunnings has angel peach. Can you tell me which Bunnings has angel peach?

sam says...
Hey there, I dunno how old this thread is but oh well. We recently bought three stone fruit trees and one of them was an angel peach from bunnings. Because of space we thought we would give espalier-ing a try, so while the tree was dormant we put in the ground with a bag of composted manure and trimmed the roots (which were completely and utterly rootbound) and the branches, and tied the branches to some horizontal wires we put up. The other two trees grew and a growing fine, they havent looked back, but the angel peach, not bud nor leaf have grown out of it since we put it in about 2 months ago. all of the branch tips are shrivelled and look dead, but the main trunk looks fine, We can't figure it out! We have another different type of peach that was doing fine growing naturally without training, then one year it just stopped growing and all of the branch tips went shrivelled and died like the angel, we ended up cutting half the tree off trying to find some living branches! I dunno if it is of any help but when we got the tree there was a ball of very gooey sticky sap coming out of the trunk, we wiped it off by accident when we put the tree in and it came back and dried out, then the tree did the shrivel thing. So far the tree looks like its gonna go.
Please help!!

John says...
This is classic peach leaf curl.

Copper sprays at budburst will fix.

http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/content/pw/gard/bulletin4623.pdf

david says...
What month do they ripen in

John says...
yes, but not for the long term.

david says...
Hi everyone just to let you know i picked and had my first taste of an angel peach fruit. It tasted not to bad but i thought it would have been a bit sweeter than it was.Still i would give it a rateing of 7/10. has anyone else had a taste yet if so what do you think of it.

John says...
Hi, I purchased one of these young Angel peach trees a few months ago, and have it in a 'general potting mix', in full sun. (No flower or fruit as yet). I am watering every evening, but the tips of the leaves are all going brown & dry. Can anyone tell me what might be wrong with it, or what I should do? Many thanks, John.

janelle says...
I have 2 low chill angel peach trees and both have small fruit developing, however, they then fall off. Does anyone know why?

amanda says...
hey jantina - my peaches have done the same (I was told it was our weird season this year) - do you know if they will flower as normal in spring now?

Jantina says...
Hi amanda, yes they will flower again and set fruit in the spring (well mine always do ). I don't know the exact scientific reason but something in the weather tricks the plants seasonal rhythm and off they go.

Jantina says...
Hey Amanda,that is pushing it a bit isn't it? Mind you my Late Italian peach which doesn't get ripe until late may is still covered in green leaves and is every year while all else is bare, don't give up hope yet, nature is a law unto itself.

Jantina says...
Do you mean none of your stone fruit have ever lost their leaves in winter? If so that's out of my league. Speedy where are you?

Steve says...
I live in Port Macquarie NSW and my local nuresery has just sold me the temperate variety of Angel Peach. I questioned them whether this variety would set fruit and they said it was fine for our region. They claimed they never get the low chill variety. Winter nights here are quite cold between 0 & 8 degrees with a few nights nights below zero. I also get one or two frosts a year in my yard. Should expect any fruit. Thanks Steve

Jimmy says...
They should flower soon ie when the spring weather hits. Fertilise now with a general purpose fert, top up later with more nitrogen.