PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach Tree | Bare Root, Hardy to Zone 4b

PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach

$89.99

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Flexible returns

Pollination Self-fertile

Bloom group 4 of 7 (Mid)

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At a glance: PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach is a peach tree rated hardy to zone 4b in our ratings (winters to -25°F), and self-fertile, so one tree can crop (bloom group 4 of 7, mid for a peach or nectarine).

Hardy to	Zone 4b to 8. The b means the warmer half of zone 4 only (winters to -25°F). Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator.
Pollination	Self-Fertile. Bloom group 4 of 7 (mid), early spring here. Self-fertile, so a single tree will set fruit. No pollenizer needed. Nearby varieties that can boost the crop: Blushingstar Peach, Contender Peach, Glohaven Peach, Red Gold Nectarine and 10 more. Peach Pollination Map.
Rootstock and size	Lovell: full size, about 12 to 20 ft tall unpruned. Doesn't like wet feet or high-lime soil. Our rootstock guide.
Good for	Fresh eating (7/10), canning and freezing (7/10), pies and baking (6/10), sauce and butter (6/10). Scores are our own 1 to 10 ratings; 8 and up makes our Best Of lists.
Deer	Sometimes damaged by deer.
What you get	Bare root, 5-7 ft. Larger & More Branching. Shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring, roots wrapped in moist sawdust. Guaranteed to bud out.

Overview

Another peach that is somewhat hardy—but nowhere near what many places online claim. PF-24C’s limbs naturally grow at wide angles, creating a wide-spreading tree. A highly colored red fruit that remains firm on (and off) the tree for an extended period, PF-24C also has a skin that's about 90% red over a greenish-yellow background. It has a very good acidic-sweet flavor.

Fruit Quality & Disease Resistance

Also great for keeping and shipping, PF-24C has good resistance to bacterial leaf spot. Self-fertile, but should be paired with Reliance or Blushingstar (if you’re in a colder area), or really any of our other peaches for a larger crop.

Cold Hardiness & Our Ranking

PF-24C is arguably one of the most cold-hardy peaches of the commercial varieties. Based on what we’ve seen firsthand in Montana and from our customers’ feedback, here’s how we’d rank the cold hardiness of peaches:

Selected Siberian Peach varieties
Contender
Veteran
Possibly the Star series (like Risingstar, etc.)

We’ve stopped listing Reliance as one of the hardier peaches because—truth be told—it’s not. That said, PF-24C can survive to the low -20F's, possibly even -30F. Zone 4b.

Questions we get about PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach

Does PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach need a pollenizer?

No. PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach is self-fertile, so a single tree can set fruit. Self-fertile, so a single tree will set fruit. No pollenizer needed. Partners we carry include Blushingstar Peach, Contender Peach, Glohaven Peach.

How cold hardy is PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach?

We rate PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach hardy to zone 4b, which means winters down to about -25°F. Our ratings come from real winters at our two Montana sites and from trusted growers across the North, not from a catalog average.

How big does PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach get?

We graft PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach onto Lovell (full size), which makes a tree roughly 12 to 20 ft tall if you never prune it.

What is PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach good for?

Our top use scores for PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach are fresh eating (7/10), canning and freezing (7/10), pies and baking (6/10), sauce and butter (6/10).

Will deer eat PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach?

Sometimes. Deer browse PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach now and then, so protect young plants where deer pressure is high.

What arrives, and when does PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach ship?

A dormant bare-root plant, roots wrapped in moist sawdust with a vapor barrier, shipped or picked up in Missoula in spring. Sizes offered: 5-7 ft. Larger & More Branching. We guarantee our plants bud out. Stone fruits can be slow, so if one still has not budded out by August 15, write to us and we credit you for the following spring.

Pollination partners

Good partners for PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach

PF-24C Cold Hardy Peach is self-fertile, so one tree will fruit on its own. If you'd like a second peach or nectarine, these bloom at the same time and work well together.

Bloom group 4 of 7 (Mid)

Pollination Self-fertile

Pollen Good pollenizer

14 trees we carry bloom with it. 8 in stock now.