Redhaven Peach Tree has earned its place as an orchard standard by delivering the combination most gardeners want: handsome fruit, reliable crops, and classic peach flavor. Medium peaches color heavily red over golden skin, creating a bright, polished appearance around firm yellow freestone flesh. The flavor balances sweetness with refreshing tang, while the texture remains substantial enough for clean slices before becoming increasingly juicy as the fruit ripens. Redhaven is excellent eaten fresh and one of the most useful peaches for freezing, canning, drying, preserves, pies, and cobblers. Its adaptability and consistent production make it an inviting first peach tree, but the quality of its fruit keeps experienced growers planting it as well. For shoppers who value a proven variety rather than a novelty, Redhaven offers the familiar fragrance, versatility, and dependable summer abundance that helped define the modern peach orchard. Redhaven was developed at Michigan State University’s South Haven Experiment Station, and its name combines red fruit with South Haven.
Redhaven needs about 800 chill hours and grows in USDA zones 5–9. This semi-dwarf tree on Citation rootstock generally ripens from early to mid-July.
Redhaven is self-fruitful and productive alone. Another compatible peach may encourage pollinator activity and support fruit set.
Redhaven Peach Tree Details
Fruit: Medium yellow freestone peach with heavily red-blushed skin
Flavor and texture: Firm, juicy, sweet-tart, and classically flavored
Best uses: Fresh eating, freezing, canning, drying, preserves, pies, and cobblers
Harvest: Early to mid-July
USDA zones: 5–9
Chill hours: About 800 hours
Tree size: Semi-dwarf on Citation rootstock
Rootstock: Citation
Pollination: Self-fruitful; another compatible peach may support pollinator activity and fruit set.
Recommended companions: Pair with Elberta Peach or Loring Peach.
Special care: Thin developing fruit and maintain an open-center canopy.
Something Special: Redhaven was developed at Michigan State University’s South Haven Experiment Station, and its name combines red fruit with South Haven.
