Hello Galantians!!
Sorry for the late reply, I've been sick lately (got a bad cold nothing serious but I've been hammered).
Thanks for yall messages, that really puts everything back into place for me.
So if I understand correctly I could have a low chill peach variety that blooms early but whose fruit take longer to ripen hence making it a mid season peach !
And I could also have a low chill peach with an early season ripening fruit which would make it a extra early fruit (not sure how such a fruit would taste like given that early in the season it might not be sunny and warm enough to allow it to develop sugars but well)!!
Also I checked out the link and there are indeed some nice varieties in there. I can't believe there are some that only require 250 hours of chilling!
My friend actually mentionned Tropic Beauty and since you seem to say that it is worthy I might try and look for it. Would you know where I can get my hands on some scionwood?
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That is good news. If he gets that much chill he should be able to grow Tropic Beauty and would not need to bother getting super low chill seeds from India or Sri Lanka. We do have a tree of Tropic Beauty, but I would not recommend getting budwood for any stone fruit or grape from Florida unless it is certified free of disease. Pierce's disease is endemic here and would likely contaminate any budwood that we have. Although it is most commonly thought of in connection with grapes, I have heard that it can also infect stonefruit or even Elderberries (which are a-symptomatic). The last thing your friend needs is to import an awful disease. No variety is worth that risk (just ask citrus and lychee growers in Florida about the diseases that have been imported here in the past 10-15 years). Maybe there is an agriculture department or university that could help you get the budwood safely?