Variety: Messina® Peach Principal Investigator(s): Joseph Goffreda
Messina® peaches are very large, highly colored, with excellent firmness and fruit quality. The trees are very vigorous, productive and resistant to bacterial spot. This variety is receiving very high marks by growers throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
Strengths & Qualities
Late yellow peach (+28)
Attractive color
Large fruit size
Excellent quality and firmness
Good tolerance to bacterial spot and constriction canker
Intellectual Property
US Plant Patent No. PP18,091 issued September 25, 2007