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PF Lucky 13 Peach on Nemaguard (Spring 2025)


A large, midseason, freestone peach.

This is one of the most popular releases from Paul Friday's breeding collection. The tree is a natural semi-dwarf with a spreading habit and branch angles at almost 90 degrees. It is cold hardy, productive, resistant to bacterial spot, and self-fertile; a second variety will not be needed.

Ripening five days after Redhaven, P.F. Lucky 13 is completely freestone. This variety produces exceptional crops of consistently large (2.75") fruits from an early age. The fruit remains on the tree more than 10 days after maturity, and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger, while remaining very firm. Growers around the country give this peach rave reviews. This variety showed strikingly hardy characteristics in Dr. Robert Anderson's wood hardiness tests where temperatures went to -18° F. in January 2004 in Geneva NY.

Any peach variety with PF at the front of its name is a creation of Paul Friday, Michigan peach breeder extraordinaire.

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This is one of the most popular releases from Paul Friday's breeding collection. The tree is a natural semi-dwarf with a spreading habit and branch angles at almost 90 degrees. It is cold hardy, productive, resistant to bacterial spot, and self-fertile; a second variety will not be needed.

Ripening five days after Redhaven, P.F. Lucky 13 is completely freestone. This variety produces exceptional crops of consistently large (2.75") fruits from an early age. The fruit remains on the tree more than 10 days after maturity, and it just keeps getting bigger and bigger, while remaining very firm. Growers around the country give this peach rave reviews. This variety showed strikingly hardy characteristics in Dr. Robert Anderson's wood hardiness tests where temperatures went to -18° F. in January 2004 in Geneva NY.

Any peach variety with PF at the front of its name is a creation of Paul Friday, Michigan peach breeder extraordinaire.


The Fruit

Fruit Type

Category: Peach
Subcategory: Freestone

Fruit Uses & Storage

Uses: fresh eating, jam, baking, canning, freezing
Storage duration: less than one month (approximate, depending on storage conditions)

Fruit Appearance

Skin color: red
Flesh color: yellow

Fruit Origins

Parentage:
Origin: Coloma, Michigan
Introduced in:
Introduced by: Paul Friday

The Environment

Calendar & Geography

USDA zones: 5 - 8
Chill hours: Not yet determined
Ripening date: Aug 14 (approximate, in New York State) + 6 days after Redhaven

Tree Height & Spacing

Rootstock: Nemaguard Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Standard (100% Size)
Tree spacing: See details
Good for wildlife planting? N

Diseases & Pests

Bacterial Spot: Resistant






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