Yellow-fleshed freestone fruit is also decent for fresh eating. Now commonly grown as a rootstock for graftings, as it grows relatively true to type from seed, retaining the desirable characteristics of the parent. Renowned for vigorous growth and low suckering, Lovell seedlings make hardy disease-resistant rootstocks that are also compatible with plums, nectarines and apricots. Plant these full-sized seedling trees for processing-grade fruit, or topwork (graft) other varieties onto them.

Grows best in well-drained soil. This is not a grafted variety. Z4. Maine Grown. (3–6' bare-root trees)