U.S. Patent PP25,129
Peach Variety
UFBest
- Fruit Size: Medium
- Chill Requirement: 100 hours
- Growth Habit: Semi-Spreading
- First Harvest: Around April 20 near Gainesville, FL
Description: ‘UFBest’ is a peach cultivar released in 2012 by the UF breeding program. This non-melting-flesh cultivar produces heavy annual crops of large fruit. ‘UFBest’ fruit develop 95–100% red skin over a yellow ground color, and the flesh is yellow with clingstone pits. ‘UFBest’ ripens 1 week earlier than ‘UFSun’ (U.S. Patent PP 14,764) (mid-April) in Gainesville, Florida, with a FDP of 85 days.
License Availability: FFSP has non-exclusively licensed the following entities for the propagation of the ‘UFBest’ peach cultivar:
Florida Peach Tree Farm
2035 Gerber Dairy Road,
Winter Haven, FL 33880
Phone: (863) 294-4950
Freedom Tree Farms, LLC
http://www.freedomtreefarms.com/
Island Grove, LLC
Bert Sheffield
24703 SE 193rd Ave
Hawthorne, FL 32640
Phone: (352) 274-3835
P&P Farms
31630 Amberlea Road
Dade City, FL 33523
Phone: (813) 783-5653
Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery, Inc.
http://www.ruckscitrusnursery.com/
Southern Citrus Nurseries, LLC
http://www.southerncitrusnurseries.com/
Sunny Florida Peach Company, LLC
P.O. Box 9
Alturas, FL 33820
Phone: (863) 537-5121