The Pilot peach variety, which ripens mid-early, is a mass-yielding variety with good fruit quality. The fruits are suitable for fresh consumption as well as for cooking and freezing.

Peach Pilot comes from Dresden

This peach variety is a real "Ossi", as it was bred from mother plants of the "Prinz" variety in the Radebeul fruit research station near Dresden in the late 1960s. The high-yield Pilot peach has been commercially available since 1971. Incidentally, the region around Dresden is still one of the main growing areas for peaches in Germany.

White-fleshed fruits

The fruits are medium-sized to very large, weighing up to 280 grams, and have an elongated-oval shape. The basic color is greenish yellow to yellow, although in some places it can also have dark red washed out spots or carmine red dots. The fine-wool skin is thin and easy to peel off. The fibrous, white flesh has a very pleasant, sweet-sour and aromatic taste. The large flowers are very similar to rose blossoms, they are also slightly frost-sensitive and self-fertile.

Good care is important for high yields

Peach trees of the Pilot variety grow very strong and upright. They typically form spherical crowns that are densely branched. The wood is very frost hardy. In terms of location, Pilot is not very demanding, but care at locations suitable for peaches must be appropriate to the high yield potential of the variety. This means you have to water the tree regularly and, above all, cut it.

High resistance to frizz disease

Peach trees of this variety have a high resistance to the curling disease that often occurs in peaches. The sac fungus Taphrina deformans primarily attacks the leaves, so that these are subsequently thrown off the tree. The high leaf loss weakens the tree, which is why an infestation must be prevented.

treatment of frizz disease

Once the disease has broken out, there is no way to contain it. For this reason, preventive measures should be taken first and foremost. Since the fungus has already established itself in the buds, they can be sprayed with a copper-based fungicide. The optimal time for such a treatment is the so-called swelling stage.

tips and tricks

When planting, peaches should not be fertilized, but watered vigorously. You can then fertilize with potassium and nitrogen between May and the end of July to stimulate healthy leaf growth. Stable manure or horn shavings are ideal.(32.93€)

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