Sunrise Haven Farm

I harvested my first peaches last week! Strangely enough, they are growing on my almond tree…

I planted a variety called Halls Hardy Almond a few years ago.  One tree was eaten and destroyed and the other was severly beaten up by our local deer, but the second tree has been hanging on and growing.  It bloomed this spring, and last week I harvested fruit from it!  They look like peaches… and they taste like peaches… so I’m guessing my almond tree is growing peaches.  I did a little research online and it seems that this particular variety is a peach and almond crossbreed.  After eating the fruit, I tried to crack open the nuts (peach pits?) and it broke my old rusty nutcracker.  I am anxious to find out if there is actually an almond inside - maybe I’ll get both fruit AND nuts from this tree going forward!  I might just plant a few more.  The fruit was yummy!  Now to invest in a new nutcracker.