Peach Blow
ApplePeach Blow
Origin and History
Originated on the farm of Davis Jumper, Dexter, Me.
Tree
Hardy, healthy, and vigorous, forming a wide, rather low-spreading head. Bears large crops on alternate years, with a light one intervening.
Fruit
Size and Form: Large, roundish oblate, slightly conical, nearly regular; some specimens angular.
Skin: Smooth, deep yellow at maturity, a shade of pale brownish red where exposed. Moderately sprinkled with gray dots and sometimes nettings of russet.
Stem: Short to medium, slender.
Cavity: Rather large, russetted.
Calyx: Open.
Basin: Rather large, deep, slightly corrugated.
Flesh and Flavor: Pale whitish yellow, half fine and half tender. Moderately juicy, subacid, slightly aromatic, and of good quality.
Core: Medium.
Season
Ripens from the middle of October to the middle of November.
Uses
Culinary and market.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Peach Blow.
Originated on the farm of Davis Jumper, Dexter, Me. Tree hardy, healthy, and vigorous, forming a wide, rather low-spreading head, bearing large crops on alternate years, with a light one intervening; use, culinary and market.
Fruit large, roundish oblate, slightly conical, nearly regular; some specimens angular; skin smooth, deep yellow at maturity, a shade of pale brownish red where exposed, moderately sprinkled with gray dots, and sometimes nettings of russet; stalk short to medium, slender; cavity rather large, russetted; calyx open; basin rather large, deep, slightly corrugated; flesh pale whitish yellow, half fine, half tender, moderately juicy, subacid, slightly aromatic, and of good quality; core medium. Ripens from the middle of October to the middle of November.