The South Carolina Peach Council is gratefully acknowledged for their financial support of this project. W.C. Newall, E.J. Hitzler, D. Cox, S. Hudson, C. McClive, S. Layne, M. Layne, and D. Layneare greatfully acknowledged for technical assistance. Dr. Dick Okie is greatfully acknowledged for germplasm, and technical advice. Dr. Denny Werner, Dr. Ralph Scorza, Mr. Phil Baugher, and Mr. Paul Friday are also acknowledged for providing germplasm to test.
The description of each variety of peach or nectarine fruit under each group is in different formats as this information is collected from varied sources (i.e., cultivar releases from breeder, plant patent, etc.).