The tasty FlordaCrest peach tree is the best overall peach for North Florida and for good reason! It was created by the University of Florida and has become very popular recently. The Florida peach tree produces delicious red-skinned and yellow-fleshed fruit that ripens in mid-May and requires 350 chill hours. The Florida Crest will flower beginning in February and should be fertile in early spring for best results. This peach variety is semi-clingstone meaning its yellow flesh will grip the fruit's pit even while eating. These fleshed peach stone fruits have a long shelf life and are relatively disease-resistant. The cross-pollination from this tree is excellent for other peaches, plum, and nectarine trees. Fun fact: peaches and nectarines are the same species. Nectarines are commonly referred to as different. This is because of the absence of 1 gene that causes the loss of the fruit-skin trichomes that make it fuzz-less.

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