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Prunus persica 'Oldmixon Free'

 
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Prunus persica 'Oldmixon Free' - Oldmixon Free Peach, Jefferson's name: Oldmixon freestone peach (supposed Madeira)
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Common name: Oldmixon Free Peach, Jefferson's name: Oldmixon freestone peach (supposed Madeira)
Family: Rosaceae (Rose)
Distribution: Garden Origin
Hardiness: USDA Zone 6
Life form: Deciduous tree
Usage: Edible
Comments: In 1807 Timothy Matlack sent Jefferson cuttings of both the "much boasted" Oldmixon Cling peach and Oldmixon Free, "a fine peach." They differ in the way the flesh adheres to the stone. The Oldmixon Cling ranked second only to the Heath Cling in the praise it received from pomologists. The tree's origin is attributed to John Oldmixon, author of The British Empire in America, 1741, and it rivals the Heath as the oldest named American peach. The Free variety originated very early in the nineteenth century from a seedling of the cling, and by 1811 it was list by the Landreth nursery of Philadelphia. The juice of the Oldmixon peaches is uncommonly candy-sweet.Text adapted from Fruit and Fruit Trees of Monticello by Peter J. Hatch.

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