Pfirsich 'Roter Weinbergpfirsich'

Season Overview

Description

The 'Red Vineyard Peach' peach is mainly found in the Moselle wine-growing region and has been cultivated there for centuries. The Prunus persica 'Red Vineyard Peach', the so-called blood peach, is known for its blood-red flesh and skin. Its aroma is more intense than that of other peach varieties. The taste of the vineyard peach is more bitter. It is less suitable for eating fresh, but rather for processing into compotes, jams, fruit brandies or liqueurs. It is suitable for cooking or steaming. This is when this peach unfolds its delicious aroma. The fruit is ready to eat from September to October. The peach originally comes from China. It has been cultivated there for thousands of years. Prunus persica later came to southern Europe via Persia and the Caucasus. The warmth-loving fruit tree found its way to northern European regions through the Romans. In Germany, it has been cultivated in the warmer wine-growing regions since the 16th century. The peach 'Roter Weinbergpfirsich' has been enjoying a renaissance for some time and has recently been growing increasingly on abandoned, steep vineyards along the Moselle.

Growing tips

The 'Red Vineyard Peach' peach blooms from March to April and delights fruit lovers with its enchanting pink flowers. The delicious red peaches develop from these in summer. The medium-sized fruits have firm flesh and are easy to remove from the stone. The skin is furry and densely hairy. Connoisseurs remove the skin before further processing. The delicious fruits have an elongated oval shape. The medium-sized, deciduous tree is adorned with green, lanceolate leaves. These delight every observer in autumn with their fiery red coloration. The 'Red Vineyard Peach' is frost-hardy. The 'Red Vineyard Peach' is available as a half-stem, standard or bush. When young, the fruit plant is fast-growing. When planting in groups, the gardener should ensure a minimum distance of four meters between the trees and a row spacing of five meters. The 'Red Vineyard Peach' thrives in a sunny, sheltered and warm location. Ideally, the soil should be light and nutrient-rich and consistently moist. The soil can be a little drier, especially shortly before harvest, as too much water dilutes the flavor. The peach bears on one-year-old wood. Regular pruning is therefore necessary. The peach lover prunes back any withered or weak shoots in spring and several times in summer. This keeps the wood healthy and the tree's vigor goes into the formation of the fruit. These ripen one after the other, which has an effect on the harvest time of the fruit. The 'red vineyard peach' usually produces many small fruits. The fruit connoisseur thins these out by hand so that they are not too dense and do not overload the tree. The peaches are harvested by gently turning them so as not to damage the skin at the base of the stalk. If the peaches are harvested a few days before they are ready to eat, they can be stored for up to six weeks.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Moist

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Plant distance

3 cm

Row spacing

4 cm

Seeding depth

6 cm