Peach Varieties at Heyser Farms

Do you remember what a REAL peach tastes like? The kind that drips down your hand with juicy sweetness? Well, it's time to come to Heyser's and get the real deal. We're so crazy about our peaches that we'll tell you all the varieties we grow, or we get locally -- when's the last time you learned about all the different kinds of peaches out there?

Early in the season we make the trip to South Carolina to get peaches straight from the tree, which means a better peach for you! In July, we'll have our own homegrown peaches. We also make peach pie - can you stand the wait?!

Peach Varieties and notes on each

Red Haven (7-18) Yellow  - Freestone Grown in Highland, MD
Red haven is probably the most popular peach in the United States.  It’s the first freestone of the season and a good all-purpose peach.
Origin: 1940 Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, East Lansing.  Halehaven x Kalhaven

John Boy (7-18) Yellow - freestone

Spring Snow (7-18 White - Semi-Freestone

Sugar May (7-18) White – Semi-Freestone
(Semifreestone means that when the peach is real ripe the seed will separate from the flesh easily.) Grown in Highland, MD
This is one of the new varieties developed for productivity, color, firmness and a low acid/high sugar content.
Origin: Zaiger Inc. Genetics of Modesto, California

Garnet Beauty (7-18) Yellow  - Semi-Freestone
(Semifreestone means that when the peach is real ripe the seed will separate from the flesh easily.) Grown in Highland, MD
Similar to Red Haven except for ripening date.  Discovered in 1951 by Mr. Bruner and jointly released with the Harrow Research Centre (Canada).
Origin: Red Haven bud mutant, released in 1958 by Garnet Bruner and Agriculture Canada.

Harbelle (7-18) Yellow  - Semiclingstone
(Semiclingstone means that when the peach is very ripe the seed will separate from the flesh easily.) Grown in Highland, MD
We like this early season peach just for the appearance and flavor. It’s an offshoot of Sunhaven. Origin: 1968, Agriculture Canada, Harrow, Ontario

Erly-Red-Fre (7-8) White - Semiclingstone --small quantities--
(Semiclingstone means that when the peach is very ripe the seed will separate from the flesh easily.) Grown in Highland, MD
What now would be known as an heirloom variety, we grow it because this peach is our preferred early white peach with good eating quality.
Origin: 1938 W.M. Perry, Chase City, VA and Bountiful Ridge Nurseries, Princess Anne, MD from a chance seedling.

Sentry (6-29) Yellow clingstone grown in southern Maryland. This early season peach is a cross between Loring and Sentennial. Sentennial is a seedling selected in Beltsville MD. It has good flavor, generally replaces Garnet Beauty b/c fewer split pits. Origin: 1980 USDA Kearneyville West Virginia.

PF5 (7-8) Yellow

Harbinger (7-8) Yellow