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June 20, 2010

Peaches

Category: General – Robert 9:59 pm

I planted two peach trees about 10 years ago and never had a fruit until this year.  One of the trees, a Mid Pride, set some fruit every year but the plum circulia ruined all of it.  The other, a Red Baron, evidently never had enough chilling hours to produce.  I planted a new Ujukitsu orange close to them, planned to cut the peach trees down.  The cold winter changed everything.  Evidently, the plum circulia had a bad time and the Red Baron got enough cooling hours.  The result:  a bumper crop of peaches.  Now what to do?  Will we get another winter like this past one, or will it be like the past nine years and unproductive for peaches??