Starking® Delicious™ Peach Tree
Description
Why wait to enjoy a delicious peach? Grow a strong, vigorous tree and large Elberta-type peaches that are ripe two weeks earlier than other Elbertas. Tree exhibits bud-hardiness to resist frost. Fruit has a sweet flesh and firm skin that slips off easily – perfect for canning and freezing. Originates from Dover, Arkansas, introduced by Stark Bro’s in 1949. Freestone. Ripens in July. Self-pollinating.
Characteristics
| Bloom Color | Pink |
| Bloom Time | Mid |
| Chill Hours | 800 |
| Fruit Color | Red |
| Fruit Size | Medium - Large |
| Hardiness Zone Range | 5 - 8 |
| Pollination | Self-Pollinating |
| Ripens/Harvest | July |
| Shade/Sun | Full Sun |
| Soil Composition | Loamy |
| Soil Moisture | Well Drained - Average Moistness |
| Soil pH Level | 6.0 - 7.0 |
| Taste | Sweet |
| Texture | Medium Firm |
| Years to Bear | 2 - 4 |
Zone Compatibility
Pollination
This variety is self pollinating.
Tools & Supplies
Planting & Care
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Questions & Answers
We appreciate you reaching out to us. Our peach trees are usually dwarf or standard.
If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to reach back out to us. Have a great day!
We appreciate you reaching out to us. This is currently only offered in a standard size. This will reach 12-15 feet in maturity.
If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to reach back out to us. Have a great day!
Yes, miracle grow starter fertilizer mixed with water. No peaches or even blooms first two years, hoping this year! Trees are growing nicely but just foliage. had them wrapped with white plastic tree wrap, but I see borers are starting in the trunks. Bummer.
As best as I can remember it is pale orange, not white.
There is no disease resistance with this variety.
We appreciate you reaching out to us. Because weather and soil conditions vary so much from year to year and even within your zone, it's best to think of your planting time as a range of favorable conditions instead of an exact time.
You can plant new plants and trees:
1) when the ground is not frozen.
2) when daytime temperatures are above freezing (32ºF) and below 90ºF.
3) when extreme weather (blizzard, hail, torrential rain, etc.) is not in the forecast. Be sure to keep plants watered if you're transplanting in warm and/or dry weather.
If you have any further questions please don't hesitate to reach back out to us. Have a great day!
Our website has a special feature that will help you find the best plants for you to grow in your area. Simply enter your zip code in our Hardiness Zone Finder and as you browse our page, you’ll see a small check mark next to products that are hardy to your growing zone!
https://www.starkbros.com/zone-finder
Yes, as this is a freestone variety.
No, Our website has a special feature that will help you find the best plants for you to grow in your area. Simply enter your zip code in our Hardiness Zone Finder and as you browse our page, you’ll see a small check mark next to products that are hardy to your growing zone!
https://www.starkbros.com/zone-finder
A chill hour is the amount of chilling received by a plant at 45 degrees F. The chilling requirement is the total number of hours required during the winter for a particular cultivar to induce the tree to break dormancy and produce flowers. Regions vary greatly in the amount of chilling they receive. This variety requires at least 800 chill hours.
Customer Reviews
After planting it for 4 months, it transform from a stick to bush.
We have a 20 year old Starking Delicious Peach tree that has produced consistently delicious peaches in our central Ohio climate. We want to grow a replacement.
My original tree I bought from Starks 25 years ago.!! The severe storms last 2 years have damaged the tree bad, hopefully I'll get one more year out of it. It has fantastic peach flavor and kinda…
Replace a tree that died!
I like the color