I have 2 varieties of fruiting peach, bought last fall, bare root/dormant - 'Reliance' and 'Flat Wonderful'. Both are presently growing red/purple leaves, and both are growing from well above the graft. Whether they will go green as the summer moves on, I don't know. But I bought both on the basis of the description of the fruit, and I will be very upset if they don't bear fruit. Of course, the Japanese beetles may make the whole waiting period moot - they do seem to like peaches! The late frost did in the fruit for this year, despite what I thought was a sheltered spot - there's always next year, I guess.

It can but seldom does, at least around here. But you need to begin dormant sprays every year when the plant is dormant. Any general garden center will have suitable products.

I have recently planted (couple years ago) Contender Peach trees - one has taken off and the other never has. I live in East Liverpool OH and last year noticed my fruit was spoiling and turning dark with all my leaves looking like this. I've yet to get a harvest as my tree wasn't mature enough until last year. I sprayed Bonide Fruit tree spray last fall/winter and now I'm wondering what else to try. It doesn't seem to have worked at all. Any suggestions?

I have a fruit cocktail tree, its about 2 years old. Produced maybe 10 fruits its first year and then suffered from what I believe to be leaf spot and lost almost all of its leaves. I treated with Bonide Fruit Tree Spray (the hose attachment version) and it recovered before the end of the season but didn't produce any more fruit. This year, the tree has been doing very well and is producing probably 30 or 40 fruits. I have noticed that the same problem as last year (potential leaf spot) is happening again. I treated it at the first sign of black spots on some of the leaves. That was a few weeks ago and the issue has progressed significantly and it has been losing more and more leaves every day. The fruit is still growing but I'm trying to get ahead of this problem. Any suggestions? Should I continue to treat with the fruit tree spray and just be patient?