Thanks for the short review. My choice of Red Globe as it was mentioned as good by fruitnut. And also a local Nursery which makes the top 5 for hardy fruit trees is Grandpa's. It's a "Grandpa's Choice" there Although it is mentioned it is susceptible to bacterial spot and frost tender. It must have a really good flavor for Grandpa to still suggest it. His other choices are Redhaven and O'Henry. So 3 out of all the peaches they sell., which this year is 24 cultivars. So it's not my experience. I developed a list of good candidates for my yard and all three are on it. Now Redhaven and O'Henry will make it in my yard first. Redhaven because it was developed here, and is a really decent peach. O'Henry for it's exceptional taste. it does have some problems. But really what cultivar is perfect? Both are old cultivars reviewed many times all over the place. I believe Scott mentions it is was of his best (O'Henry). Redhaven is one of the better Michigan cultivars, I have to have it. Again too first come peaches that work here, then one that should work here but untested, then experimental. So peaches suggested by a top 5 nursery that is in MI, have huge weight on my list. My choice on Redskin was based your review and also a review from a radio interview I heard. The grower was an author, and mentioned the cultivar as being very good. I can't remember who the writer was though? Maybe Lee Reich? Anyway I think with any I mentioned Mrs.G would be happy. I would base choice on ripening time compared to what she has. So mentioned a few. I can mention more, but know less about them, but still on my list. Winblo, Carmen, Carolina Gold, and Clayton would be excellent choices too. Speaking of grafting my Indian free looks like it has a canker. I removed canker, but the tree may develop more so I took a couple scions to try my hand at grafting. I may spread the canker, I took it off a clean scaffold, and it doesn't matter anyway. I'm moving and will have to start over in 3 years. these are all experiments at this point so another reason to graft. to practice, and to experiment. I'm putting the scions on Arctic Glo Nectarine. or Lucky 13. I'm not sure what kind of graft to use? But have a lot of time to figure that out. I'm going to practice graft cutting on my maple tree. See if I can get good cuts, or at least practice my cuts on scrape wood first.

Well, I live in the California desert (same climate as you), and I don't have suggestions. Just sympathy! I am forever complaining about our HOA, but maybe it's a good thing! A law suit is not fun, but I think having THEIR insurance pay for your damages is a great idea!! I had an evil neighbor at one time. I got lucky. He got allergic to the golf course and had to move!! He sold to wonderful neighbors! Nothing better than a good neighbor!! We all have our neighbor horror stories. At one house the neighbor had a large beautiful tree. I planted shade loving plants on my side, and it was just beautiful! Until he sold his house to an icky poo poo who cut down MY tree!! Ruined my whole shady ecosystem!! I vote for cutting the branches on YOUR side! And good luck with this awful problem!

"I know that we can remove branches overhanging our property. I wonder how many trees would survive a 50% root disturbance and a 50% branch removal?" Just wanted to comment on this. Mature trees will survive more that you think they will. 1) Where I live, at least, in the area around me, trees are trimmed nearly in half, for overhead utility wires. The trees live on. 2) I had a neighbor with a massive river birch that had been planted way too close to the property line (probably 6 feet - already there before either of us). Besides the insane amount of dropped branches and twigs (river birches are horribly messy) one of the trunks (it had 3) was at an angle, dangerously close to my fence. Also, the roots were ruining my yard, they were above ground and had messed up the grass and my landscaping. I had the roots removed at the property line - the tree did not even blink. A couple of years later, I asked the neighbors if I could have the angled trunk removed at the base as it was getting way too close to my property. They said sure, and paid for half of that removal. The tree lived on. A later neighbor had the tree topped (which I have never seen done to a river birch), but the tree lived on. 3) I have a multi trunk tree in the front yard. Lightning struck it 10 years ago, at the main trunk at the base. The insurance company (I had a lot of damage in the house) sent an arborist that declared the tree would not survive (and I was paid for the removal and replacement). Eventually that trunk did completely die and fell out. But the tree has survived just fine.

A lot is going to depend on the actual site conditions. All we know is citrus at this point. A typical side yard these days in places where citrus grows is often about 12 feet between houses with a drainage depression in the middle. Yes your plantings can be exposed to any neighbors chemical use depending on countless factors including who is spraying or spreading what. These chemicals can drift on the wind, move through the soil and on the surface with water. Human and pet traffic can spread chemicals from where they were put. There is no magnetic force that glues them in place. The good news is, any contamination to what you grow isn't likely to be any worse than the industrial food supply we already consume.