Description
Sugar Tiger is a donut peach with a look all its own. The skin is orange and yellow with reddish stripes that radiate into the yellow flesh, so every fruit you cut open is marked like the name suggests.
The flavor is low in acid, sweet and very juicy, the gentle style that makes donut peaches easy to eat straight off the tree. Fruit ripens in July and August.
Sugar Tiger is self-fertile, so a single tree will fruit on its own.
Overview
- Donut-style saucer peach with striped yellow flesh.
- Low acid, sweet and very juicy.
- Ripens July to August.
- Self-fertile; no partner needed.
- Needs about 400 to 600 hours of winter cold (the chill it needs before it will break bud).
Growing Details
Latin Name: Prunus persica ‘Sugar Tiger’
Site and Soil: 1/2 day to full day of sun; well-drained soil
Rootstock: Nemaguard
Hardiness: USDA Zone 6–9
Chill Requirement: 400–600 hours of winter cold
Ripening Time: July to August
Pollination: Self-fertile
Fruit Type: Donut (saucer) peach
Pests & Diseases: Peaches can be prone to Peach Leaf Curl in cool, wet-spring climates; benefits from good airflow and appropriate dormant care
Additional Notes
- Grower’s Insight: The red striping runs through the flesh, not just the skin, so Sugar Tiger is as much a conversation piece on the plate as it is on the tree.
- Regional Insight: Needing only 400 to 600 hours of winter cold to break bud, it suits mild-winter areas such as much of California, the Southwest and the Southeast, as well as the Pacific Northwest and other zone 6 to 9 gardens.
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