3 yrs ago, taste was the only parameter for me to rush to the nurseries and buy a tree but i am learning that productivity and disease resistance are equally important. One because i have limited space and i could always multigraft a less productive variety to a prolific variety tree instead of giving a less productive tree a prime space and other reason is i don't spray and will not spray so it will help if a variety is innately disease resistant.
I have eaten both. Taste wise peach cobbler is more complex and richer tasting regardless of whether peach flavor is there or not. In my garden i only have a peach cobbler tree. Was planted 3 yrs ago as a 7g. It is 10ft by 6ft without pruning, i mean i did cut branches in the middle of the canopy to open it for sun, air in 2019 but left it alone in 2020. Tree is very healthy, no disease issues. First flowered in 2019 , 5-6 branches flowered but only 2 fruits set, fruits were excellent tasting. In 2020 it had one or two branches with flowers but did not set any fruit. This year it has exploded in flowers from every branch and fruit set is very good. Whether all fruits will hold until maturity or not time will tell.
So for taste it is no doubt an above par taste, in the same league as seacrest and orange sherbet for my taste buds( if you like the tang flavor, the sharp citrusy syrupy flavor with sweetness you will like this) , in terms of productivity - if this trend continues every year this might be a productive tree but i am not sure if it will skip this heavy set next year. For disease resistance it has stood up, i don't spray anything (my wife insisted on trichoderma this year for flowers as a precautionary approach but i don't think it will make any difference). Tree size is least important to me as well but i do have Glenn 10ft away on west and Mallika 10 ft away on east of it so I can let it go a bit taller but not wider. Plus i hope this heavy fruit set this year will slow down it's vegetative growth in 2021..
I tasted Juicy peach in 2019 and may be in 2020 as well from Hidden Acres, they were a bit later in season as far as i remember, perhaps after the Carries and Pickerings were done but before Honey Kiss. Since you can actually go around and check trees with fruits hanging to see how the tree is growing , fruiting in Hidden Acres, i remember that the fruits were heavy set there but taste didn't impress me enough to rush and get a tree...perhaps i will try again this year and see..
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