When Do Wild Mountain Peaches Ripen? A Guide to Their Ripening Time

Wild mountain peach, also known as flowering peach, is a wild fruit tree commonly found on hillsides and at the bottom of valley gullies. In time it grows various small peaches, so when do wild mountain peaches ripen?

1. When do wild mountain peaches ripen?

Wild mountain peaches generally ripen in July-August. Once ripe, the wild mountain peach fruit is nearly spherical and pale yellow, with fine hairs on the skin; the flesh is thin and dry and is not edible. When ripe, the fruit generally does not split open, and the stone inside is spherical or nearly spherical and separates from the flesh.

2. Where do wild mountain peaches grow?

Wild mountain peaches generally grow on hillsides, at the bottom of valley gullies, or in sparse woods and shrub thickets in the wild. They currently grow in Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places in China. In North China they are mainly used as rootstock for peach, plum, apricot and other fruit trees, and can also be grown for ornamental purposes. The wood is hard and heavy and can be used for various fine crafts and walking sticks. The stones can be made into toys or prayer beads. The seed kernels can be pressed for edible oil.