SUNCREST PEACH is a large, firm peach that holds well during shipping. The fruit is uniform and highly colored with excellent quality; it is a freestone peach. There is a red blush over its yellow skin. The fruit is hardy in cold sections of the North. Suncrest is the flavorful, juicy peach immortalized by the book Epitaph for a Peach: four seasons on my family farm, by David Mas Masumoto (1995). The tree-ripe harvest is late July, it has frost-hardy blossoms and is a consistent producer. This variety originated in Fresno, California and was introduced in 1959. It is self-fruitful. The trees are susceptible to bacterial spot and should not be planted where this is a problem.