I think fruit trees are a lot about patience and you sound very impatient with the plants lol, it’s fine though. I would have a hard time judging the tree so soon, it looks like it grew a lot to me, like Annie says above.
I think it is hard to keep peaches looking clean because they grow so much and so easily get diseases. Requires the owner to prune well.
I would go for asian pear or persimmon if you want something that looks showy. Make sure to fertilize the persimmon well the first year so it doesn’t just die because of transplant shock which seems often for them. You want american persimmon not asian for 6b zone. Follow this zone-cultivar guide I will link here.