- Authors: American selection
- Name synonyms: Flemin 'Furi
- Growth type: vigorous
- Ripening period: late
- Self-fertility: self-fertile
- Appointment: for fresh consumption, for canning
- Yield: high
- Marketability: high
- Transportability: high (up to 5-6 days)
- Separability of the bone from the pulp: good
The American peach variety Fleming Fury is known almost everywhere around the world. It is considered one of the finest late-ripening varieties ever bred in the United States.
Description of the variety
The vigorous tree is a self-pollinated plant. It is very unpretentious in terms of growing.
Fruit characteristics
The fruit of the Fleming Fury variety appears in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest peach in the world. Its velvety skin with a deep red tan is firm and firm. The average weight of a rounded fruit is 250-280 g. But peaches are also more weighty.
Taste qualities
Fruits at the stage of final ripeness have a yellow-orange, firm and juicy flesh with bright red streaks around the stone. Separability from the pulp is good. Tasters rate the taste of fresh fruits at 4.9-5 points.
Ripening and fruiting
The ripening period of peaches is late, the frequency is annual. The fruiting period occurs at the height of September, and full ripening occurs under suitable soil and climatic conditions. And also this is facilitated by the correct measures of agricultural technology.
Yield
The Fleming Fury peach tree produces a bountiful harvest. For this, gardeners in different regions love to grow it.
Growing and care
The peach, created by American breeders, is known almost everywhere. However, it is quite difficult to find quality seedlings in Russia. At the same time, the Fleming Fury variety is successfully grown by enterprising domestic farmers. They have learned to grow a promising variety long ago without contacting nurseries and plant growing companies.
It is quite possible to grow Fleming Fury peach tree seedlings simply from a peach seed. This process requires the fulfillment of certain norms, although it is not particularly laborious.
Growing a Fleming Fury tree from a bone implies adherence to a number of recommendations. From time to time, the sprouts need to be fed with potassium-nitrogen fertilizer complexes.
It is important to take into account the microclimatic conditions and carry out regular watering of the plantings using water that has been settled at room temperature.
Transplanting seedlings into open ground is allowed when the plant is sufficiently strong and as soon as the weather settles. It is important that there are no return frosts in the spring. Planting peach seedlings in the autumn is not always justified, since the plants do not have time to get stronger, and freeze out with the onset of winter.
Starting 20 days in a permanent place are considered the most important for the rooting of varietal peach plantings. Timely pruning and regular watering in the first weeks decisively affect the survival rate of young seedlings in new conditions. Their further development depends on the correct actions.
When planting, peaches need post-planting pruning while preserving shoots up to 40-45 cm long. It is also recommended to remove dry, damaged, fattening shoots annually, thin out and form a crown.
Young plantings need regular watering on schedule. In order for them to take root, it is important that the soil is moistened to the depth at which the root tips of the seedlings lie. In numbers, this is approximately 35-45 cm.
After planting, during the first month, the plants must be watered twice a week, spending a full bucket for each tree. In a dry period, watering is required to be increased to 1.5-2 buckets, but already 2-3 times a week.
In order for moisture to remain in the soil for a long time, the near-trunk circle is shown to be mulched with organic matter with a layer of 7-10 cm. This area also requires regular and shallow loosening and weeding.
Frost resistance and the need for shelter
Peach plantings do not need shelter, as the American culture has a high winter hardiness.
Disease and pest resistance
Peach of American selection is quite resistant to many diseases, various pests and curliness.
Review overview
Despite the low prevalence of the culture, those who grew it leave a lot of positive feedback. The versatility of the peach is noted - it can be used for eating fresh and for canning.
Many people note transportability, it is high in fruits, even when transported over long distances. At the same time, peaches have excellent marketability. The shelf life is 1 month.
Given the excellent varietal characteristics of the Fleming Fury fruit and the acceptability of long-term transport, it is commercially viable to grow the variety. Therefore, many farmers consider it promising in the field of industrial cultivation.
