Brigg's Red May Peach (Peach ‘Brigg’s Red May’) originated in about 1870 as a chance seedling on the farm of John G. Briggs near Yuba City, California. Fruit are medium to large, round, skin white with a rich red cheek. Flesh greenish-white, melting, juicy, freestone. Quality very good and early season.
- Pollination Group: Self-pollinating so no other pollinators needed
- Uses: Eating
- Harvest: Early
- Features: White flesh, freestone
- Also known as: Peach ‘Brigg’s Early May’
References: Hedrick U.P. (1916). Twenty-fourth Annual Report, Vol. 2, Part II, The Peaches of New York, Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the year 1916. State of New York - Department of Agriculture. Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1917.
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