Luís, 

They are a good source for material and the trees are cheap. So you or your mother can take cuttings and ship them to graft later or try to ship the pruned tree in dormancy in the winter.


Drew,
From what i've read only the Pluots made a significative breakthrough in terms of taste. I have some and i am quite curious, but they didn't produce fruit yet.

Regarding the other hybrids, i think there is a lot of marketing going on, but i will keep an eye on the one's you mentioned, in case they appear over here , so i can try them for myself. Thanks.

Jaime,
What is the name of the peach in the first two pics? That's my kind of peach.

I agree with you about the marketing hype regarding the Zaiger varieties. Many 
of them are almost clones of one another, offering very little difference between
them, and the vast majority of them aren't as good as the old varieties that we 
grow here in the USA. 

Hi Ray,

I couldn't say the name of the variety. It was one of two surviving trees from my father in law old orchard. They probably were 40+ years old trees and on their last legs when i saw them, but the peaches were still outstanding. I made a point of grafting those 2 surviving varieties and now they are among the best in my orchard, along with a famous portuguese heirloom peach that is being cultivated again due to her quality (Pêssego de Alcobaça).
Here's some text (google translated on that peach)


The others peaches are probably also old varieties from that region (well known in the past for the quality of is fruits). In the area where i have my orchard, most of the fruit varieties that were cultivated a few decades ago came from that region.

I'm still trying to identify them and to that effect, i've bought several heirloom peaches from those 2 nurseries that i listed above to compare, but no luck, until now.
One of those nurseries (Castromil) even has a photographic catalog but i can't find them there: http://www.vcastromil.pt/catalogos/fruteiras.pdf

Regarding the hybrids. We know it mostly marketing but it's inevitable the curiosity and wanting to try them in our zones. When fruits are concerned we really don't want to miss a really good one...


  

Thoroughly disgusted after reading this post. Why would any of you poison the fruits you are growing? Did it slip your mind to maybe improve the growing conditions of your plants to improve their health and immunity from insects and pests prior to destroying your local environment? No, because that forces you to face the fact that you dont know what you are doing, and levels your lame, bloated egos. Why would anyone grow their own fruit to make it even more toxic than the already crap, mealy, underripe, POISONED commercial stuff? Doesnt that entirely defeat the purpose? Did you fail to notice the "disease resistant" varieties on Stark bros IF you know you arent an experienced enough grower to properly set up a successful peach grow? Why are all of you people espousing poisons? DONT FOLLOW what commercial growers do, those $cumbags are ruining the health of the country and world.

As much good as these boards are, when I see imbeciles espousing HORRIBLE practices that defeat the very purpose of what is being done here while espousing blatant biological ignorance in context of biological happenings, I cannot see any merit, value, or worth, and the lid must be blown. STOP USING POISONS AND LEARN HOW TO GROW PROPERLY. feeding is more important than medicating a sick animal or person. chemotherapy has a 97% human death rate after 5 years for a reason; poisoning your way out of a biological problem NEVER WORKS unless you want to reduce all life, including your own. Darwin always wins...

Organic does not mean safe, never has, never will. I do think one should try to use the least toxic substances as possible, and the OP has tried. I only heard of one fruit tree orchard that grows peaches organically in the Northeast. When they do get a harvest it is 10%. And these chemicals in my opinion are safe. They have a very short half life. I feel they are as dangerous as using artificial deodorant. No matter where you are you run into ignorant people. Self righteous smartest person in the room type. These people have ruined our country and pretty much the rest of the world. The OP understands that organic peaches cannot be done in NJ. Some people talk the talk, but never have walked the walk, if they did, they would not be self righteous, they would be humble.

Drew,

I really appreciate the information you provided I am starting a home orchard and will ne planting, apples, plums, peaches, pears and figs. Tnanks again.

Did you notice the person has made only 4 posts and everyone he yells at people, implies they are stupid. Acts superior, is not humble or even friendly. We really don't need hateful people here.  He even used all caps to denote he was yelling at one point, wow! I would suggest he seek professional help. If he truly wishes to promote organic growing, he needs to stop what he is doing. As he is giving the impression that he is crazy and that reflects poorly on organic farming. Sir, you are hurting the cause, not helping. I try to grow many fruits that are local and disease resistant. many of my fruits and veggies are grown organically I'm all in favor of it, when possible. I think newbies should stick with easy to grow, easy to stay organic fruits. Proven winners in your area. Once you become more experienced and more knowledgeable, you can attempt the harder fruits. Organically growing food is wonderful, but you have to understand it's not possible in all cases. One reason I went to figs. I have used copper once on them to try and stop fig leaf rust. I have seen you can even have problems with figs like root knot nematodes. Overall though it's possible to grow them without chemicals organic or not.

Thanks WL, good luck! Have fun!