Encore Peach

Prunus persica 'Encore'

Encore is a late ripening, yellow fleshed peach with excellent qualities.  The fruit is large and firm.  The tree is tolerant to bacteria spot.  Encore is very vigorous and know to be hardy and a strong tree.

Encore was bred at Rutgers University.

Almost all peaches are self-fertile and require no pollinators. They will set heavy crops on single trees, which need heavy and aggressive thinning early in the season for best fruit size. Maintain good vigor in peaches by pruning every year, and fertilizing moderately. Aim for 1-3 feet of new growth a year. Fertilize early in the season, so that growth is well hardened off before fall and winter cold weather. Encore is tolerant of bacteria spot which can prematurely defoliate a tree is heavily infected.