Fruit Tree Foundation

Clemson University’s Musser Fruit Research Center provides the infrastructure for the CCPC to house clean plants. As the name suggests, a Foundation is a collection of important accessions of plants, in this case fruit trees, which serve as nuclear stock material for the industry to propagate. At the CCPC, we maintain a collection of peach trees, mainly those suitable for production in the Southeast. We keep this collection in an isolated greenhouse as well as in a field block at the Musser Fruit Research Center. Trees are visually inspected regularly and tested annually for important viruses in order to guarantee mother trees remain clean of targeted pathogens.

Currently, we have the following cultivars available:

 

Tree

Variety 

Type

Peach Big Red Scion
Peach Carored Scion
Peach Carymac Scion
Peach Cresthaven Scion
Peach Early Augustprince Scion
Peach Flameprince Scion
Peach Flavorcrest Scion
Peach Flavorich Scion
Peach Garnet Beauty Scion
Peach Harvester Scion
Peach Juneprince Scion
Peach Montgomery Gold Scion
Peach O’Henry Scion
Peach Redglobe Scion
Peach Rubyprince Scion
Peach Summergold Scion
Peach Winblo Scion
Peach Floridaguard Rootstock
Peach Guardian Rootstock
Peach Lovell Rootstock
Peach Nemaguard Rootstock
Peach Nemared Rootstock
Plum Ruby Queen Scion
Plum Spring Satin Scion

 

 

*We will have the listed rootstocks above for seed sale in 2024*