Avalon Pride

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  Amsden June
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History and description of Avalon Pride

Avalon Pride peach was discovered as a chance seedling by a very observant amateur gardener Miss Pride in woods near Seattle in Washington State USA. She noticed that the tree not only produced good quality fruit but also showed no sign of leaf curl. It is said that the original tree was dug up and destroyed by a wild bear but Miss Pride managed to salvage some scion wood to save and propagate the variety.

Avalon Pride has attractive pink blossom. The fruit is quite large with a deep orange-yellow background skin colour and an attractive crimson red flush. The flesh is deep yellow, fairly firm, juicy and sweet with a good flavour. It ripens earlier than most other peach varieties.

The tree has a dense bushy growth habit. It shows a very high degree of resistance to peach leaf curl. Cropping is good but not as heavy as some other varieties. There is some tendency to produce twin fruit with a small fruit attached to a full sized fruit. Its resistance to leaf curl and relatively early ripening make Avalon Pride an excellent variety for outdoor growing in the UK.

Characteristics of Avalon Pride peach and nectarine trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Yellow fleshed
Flavour
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time
Season of use	Early August
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit
Fruit-bearing
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	0
Pollination group
Self-fertility	Self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners