First ever peach crop(s)

In Maine I planted a peach tree several years ago.  When the house was rented, the tenants hoped for a peach crop a few years ago but the tiny peaches that were there when they began their tenancy disappeared within a few weeks and they got nothing.  The following year, there were no peaches at all.

Sometime within those two years, I did some pruning on that tree.  This year, when the tenants left, I saw that the tree was loaded with peaches and fully expected them to disappear from one weekend to the next when I went there.  I would check them each week.  Each week they got bigger and the trees branches weighted to the point I thought they'd break.  In fact, I propped some up because they definitely were going to break if I didn't.

In the end, I harvested a box of peaches...hundreds.  My neighbors also came and took what they wanted.  An unbelievable peach year!

And in Vermont, I planted a tree two years ago and got about 20 peaches from that tree this year. 

What was best about these peaches other than the quantity is that no pesticides were used on any of them.  I didn't find any insects on the peaches.  On the outside of a few of them was some black spots that looked like mildew or something like that but they get peeled off during preparation so that was no problem at all.  I'd rather that than pesticides.

Peach tree in July...wish I'd have taken a shot at the end of August to see how it weighted down with peaches.  Here I was really focusing on those beautiful orange flowers!