Help identify peach tree

Question

I have a sadly neglected peach tree that with some spraying and pruning might continue to produce for a few more years. It has excellent peaches, and when the time comes, I'd like to replace it with the same kind of peach. How do I tell what kind of peach it is?

The fruit is very juicy and has a very good sweet peach flavor. It is a free stone, and it gets ripe in early July (instead of late August/Sept like most peaches in northern North America). When the fruit is ripe, the skin pulls off easily.

Answer 1

The harvest dates chart found here is probably a good place to start. It lists about five or six different varieties that ripen in early July. From there I would look up the characteristics of each individual variety to find the one that matches your description more closely.