 Paul Friday, private Michigan peach breeder, has developed the Flamin' FuryŽ peach series which now spans a 15 week growing period. This series is rapidly becoming ubiquitous. It far out shines the "Haven" series which was certainly the standard of it's time. Truly freestone varieties in this series start 10 days before the Redhaven season, starting with PF 8 Ball, an amazing early peach. Followed by the famous PF Lucky 13 peach with notable outstanding size, color, with very high yields, outstanding firmness and flavor. This super variety ripens just after Redhaven starts.
The chill hours of the varieties in this series range from 700 to 850 hours making this series very adaptable to many growers in many states, Canada and South Africa. Varieties from the Flamin' FuryŽ series are being grown very successfully in all peach growing states as well as several historically questionable areas, due to the unusual hardiness of specific varieties from this unique and unprecedented series. Jerry Frecon of the Rutgers University Extension Service in New Jersey has found that the Flamin' FuryŽ series does very well in the varying growing conditions of eastern states. As a result of both field observations and laboratory testing Dr. Bob Andersen has found many varieties of this series to be very adaptable to the adverse growing conditions in New York and has highly recommended that many varieties from this series be planted there as well as many areas of Canada. Dr. Esmaeil Fallahi at the University of Idaho and James Pitts, the superintendent of the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station for Alburn University, have also found that Flamin' Fury varieties do well in the varying climates of their states and many Flamin' FuryŽ varieties are now being planted in South Africa.
To navigate this site, simply click on any of the topics located above in the upper left hand corner. I am most appreciative and humbled by the very positive comments made by peach industry folks around the country about my work. Be sure to read the TESTIMONIAL PAGE.
A very descriptive run down of all of the "star" Flamin' FuryŽ varieties is found on "The Best Flamin' FuryŽ Varieties" page.
To order trees from this series, please go to the Nursery/ Variety and Availability page.
For 48 years I have been searching and finding new, improved and superior peach cultivars. I release new varieties after an average of about 17 years experience with a given cultivar. From the many thousands of crosses I have made over the years I currently have 62 peach cultivars in their second and third generation test blocks that show extraordinary potential. A few of these additional exciting new varieties will be released in the very near future. My fruit growing family has been in search of better varieties and better methods of growing fruit since they came here from Germany in 1846, ten years after Michigan became a state. My farm which has been in the family for 162 years is located on Friday Road, Coloma, Michigan.
I am very proud to have served as president of the National Peach Council for two consecutive terms and have been a member of it's board for 12 years. I am also past president of the Michigan Peach Sponsors and served on it's board of directors for over 25 years and was president 5 terms of the Michigan Certified Farm Marketers. I have been a featured speaker about my new peach varieties in many states and Canadian providences. |
