No need to spray it. It's very unlikely you have any foliage pest that would match the symptoms you describe. From the rainfall you mention, Desifern is probably correct. Simply too much water. Peach trees are very sensitive to drowning. I've lost lots of peach trees from soggy roots. Sometimes a peach tree will die of drowning in a spot, but another spot just 20' away may have just enough drainage to allow a peach tree to live. Since I've started planting my peach trees in mounds, I've yet to loose one from drowning. My guess is the tree got enough water stress, it's trying to reject the graft. Strip off all the growth below the graft, and watch to see if any new growth appears above the graft. If it does, do as Frank suggests and prune to allow the new growth to take off. I wouldn't go to great measures trying to quarantine any root pathogens from this tree. Phytophthora is pretty much ubiquitous in wet soils anyway. Whether it's phytophthora or wet feet, planting your next peach in a mound will solve both types of root problems.

Between weather, animals, insects, fungus, bacteria, and even viruses, it sometimes seems like all out war trying to raise fruit. There is an old adage about nature getting a third (or is it two thirds) of your crop, but when there is nothing left, its them or you. Get Victor rat traps (same company as Hav-a-Hart) but make sure that you place them where neighborhood pets cannot get injured or killed. I twist-tie peanut half-shells to the trigger, fill the shell halves with peanut butter and embed an assortment of raisins, dried cranberries, dates, and peanuts into the peanut butter. I set three of them in my blueberry cages where smaller animals were tunneling in or squeezing through the chicken wire, and killed chipmunks, mice, and moles as fast as I could reset the traps, which was three times a day. I had one go off as I was walking back into the house from resetting them. After three days, the traps remained empty for weeks. Do not buy Tomcat brand traps. They have a different trigger that is so tight, I would often find the peanut shells licked clean, still twist-tied to the trigger, and the trap still set like I had been visited by Speedy Gonzales How useless is that? Without the fencing to protect pets, I set them on top of trellis posts and cross arms, where cats and dogs cannot reach them. I get an occasional cat bird or cow bird up there, taking a break from stealing me blind of raspberries and blackberries, but mostly chipmunks and squirrels. If your state and local regulations and neighborhood configuration allow, a Gamo Whisper pellet rifle will take care of squirrels. They come in .177 and .22 caliber and have the muzzle velocity of a .22 rimfire cartridge rifle. The Whisper model has a silencer that takes away a little of the noise, but with the right pellets breaking the sound barrier, (up to 1,200 feet per second) you still get a "crack" as the pellet travels down-range. With the scope that comes with it dialed in (not an easy feat), I can repeatedly hit one of those green metal garden fence posts at fifty yards, making squirrels an easy target if they are standing still. I'm not a hunter or a cruel person by nature, but there is something to be said for the satisfaction of waking up in the morning to find squirrels jumping around your peach trees like they were on a jungle gym, blowing one out of a tree at 50 yards and watching the rest scatter. A more humane approach is to string up old CDs with fishing line or string so that they spin in the breeze. The flashing movement seems to help a little. I bought "Bird Scare Tape" that was supposed to do the same thing and ironically found that the sparrows had stolen it to build their nests in the eaves of my house.

Squirrel Follow UP While Out Back: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I was waiting for some results in my efforts of saving some pecans from the squirrels. After 2-3 wks I’m finally seeing some actions of pecans being eaten around the trap vs tripping in the repaired trap (that “was not” closing/locking initially). Plus, New Bark is eaten off limbs that will usually die. I noticed the trend of eating bark off the approx 41 yr old Pecan Tree's "New Limbs" 10-12 years ago (when it had to be trimmed off the house and power lines). I added a speaker with a Radio’s Talk in the tree that I thought was working. I feel they have gotten use to the talk and music. In the past I could see a number of squirrels in and around the tree vs now. I had planned to direct a close motion detector’s light toward the tree but I feel they are working at daybreak. I'll see One headed home just before dark. Walking the 10' fence's top and moves up to the cable's line of the utility lines to pass our back, "with me watching". If they'll leave “A Gallon” vs “None” We'll Settle!!!

Several issues here: Peach Leaf Curl, too late to prevent it this year. Pick off those diseased leaves and destroy them. During a dormant season, spray the tree with copper. Copper is used as fungicide here. Peaches have many pests that attack fruit since they are tiny. The serious pests are Oriental Fruit moths, Plum Curculios and codling moths. They usually lay eggs on fruit, larvae hatched and tunnel inside the fruit to feed. Fruit drop prematurely. These moths breed in soil under the trees. You need to pick up all those dropped fruit and throw them out with trash. You need insecticide for it. Ripe peaches can also get brown rot. Another fungicide is needed. oozing at the base of the tree could be a peach borer issue. Clean out the jelly substance, look for holes at the base of the tree, sometimes a bit below a soil line and use a wire to poke the holes and kill the borers. Insecticide is needed.. You can look up university extension services near you and read up on these problems and how to treat them. There are more organic way to treat these issues. They often is more labor intensive with less effectiveness.