Southern Blush
IMPORTANT READ BEFORE Make your Grafting Request Order
We are only able to graft twice a year, Late Spring & Late Summer.
- If we receive the order between after September 24th and before May 1st, The trees will be grafted in Spring & should be ready by the end of the year.
- For orders made after May 01st and before of September 24th will be grafted in late Summer and should be ready in the Spring following year, May most likely.
Only Once the small tree has completed two flushes of growth since it was grafted do we consider it ready to leave our nursery.
(Estimated time is 6 to 8 months. Some varieties take longer time to growth)
Southern Blush was probably a seedling of 'Eldon', selected by the Zill family in Boynton Beach, FL decades ago.
The fruit are medium-to-large in size, round-oval in shape, developing beautiful light red blush over much of the sun-exposed portion of the fruit The flesh is firm, yellow, and has minimal fiber, containing a monoembryonic seed. The flavor is medium-bodied and belonging to the classic Florida group with light stone fruit elements.
The trees are moderately vigorous growers with spreading open canopy. The fruit ripen mid-season in Florida mostly from late-June through July.
Southern Blush is highly prone to anthracnose and struggles with fungus in the interior. We have also discovered it is highly susceptible to bacterial black spot and rot fungi, to such a degree that we do *not* recommend its planting in south Florida anymore.
In 2018, we cut our Southern Blush tree to a stump to be top worked.
Flavor: Classic
Country: Florida - USA