Rochester

One of the best all round yellow fleshed peaches for the UK.

Origin: USA, 1900

Pollination: Rochester is self-fertile and a pollinator is not necessary for producing a crop.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

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History and description of Rochester

Rochester is a long established variety raised in early 20th century in the USA. It is one the most popular outdoor peaches in the UK. The fruit is large with an attractive red flush over an orange skin. The orange-yellow flesh is soft and juicy. It is sweet with a good flavour. It flowers late missing late frosts and giving more reliable crop. Like most peaches Rochester is susceptible to peach leaf curl.

Characteristics of Rochester peach and nectarine trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Yellow Fleshed
Flavour
Fruit size	Large
Picking time
Season of use	Mid Aug
Tree vigour	Moderate
Tree habit
Fruit-bearing
Cropping	Heavy
Pollination date	0
Pollination group
Self-fertility	Self-fertile
Pollinators	Pollination partners