Bellegarde is a traditional late-season yellow-fleshed peach from France, with dark red skin. In English conditions it usually ripens towards the end of September.
Cropping is generally good.
This is a freestone peach - the stone falls cleanly from the flesh.
All pot-grown trees are suitable for planting out in the garden, some are suitable for growing in containers.
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The vast majority of peaches are self-fertile, but Bellegarde appears to need another (different) peach or nectarine variety nearby for best results.
Bellegarde has a reputation for good disease-resistance by peach standards but is still susceptible to peach-leaf curl, so be sure to protect the tree from infection in late winter / early spring - covering the tree with a fleece is a good method
Advice on fruit tree pollination.
Bellegarde is a traditional French peach, but has been successfully grown in England since the Victorian era. It is also known as Galande.
