Thanks. I love them, very sweet white fleshed.
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This is the first year since I first harvested them that I will have no Flavor May peaches in June… or July. Their crop was completely frozen out as was my entire nectarine crop which I have been leaning on in recent years, partially because I eat so much of my fruit out of my freezer and every extra point of brix makes them more useful. The peaches that survived the frost well out of the many I grow are TangO’s and Indian Free. Saturn, at other sites also fared relatively well. Oddly, the hardiest nectarine I manage seems to be Carene, which is also the earliest. But then, I also have a small crop of Glenglo, which ripens 10 days ahead of Redhaven.
Winter bud hardiness is well researched but spring bud hardiness is very messy to evaluate. Those who grow many varieties and lost most should let us know what is setting fruit this year.
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Picking redhaven this evening with my wife. This tree is ripening a lot earlier than last year, it’s been warmer this year so far though. Found one that was split and very ripe, it was delicious 
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That looks more like mildew, peach scale has individual bugs which are round/oval in shape. A cluster can look continuous but at the edges you will see individual ones. It also goes after bark not shoots. This is for the peach scale I get at least.
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I was going to say looks like mold. The picture is telling me there is not a lot of air movement through that peach tree. I think if it were thinned it might help? 
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Top to bottom… Loring, Belle of Georgia, unknown (graft from mother in law’s trees), contender (last year #5 potted end of season rescue), seedling (unknown), redhaven.
Redhaven & Loring was pruned to open center, the rest for centeral lead scaffolds. Central lead scaffolds, seems to work best here, so far…
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What do you do with the seeds? Do you grow them?
I’ve grew a couple to try and graft.
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Would anyone be willing to sell/trade me peach seeds? I have walking onion divisions in pots, figs, etc.
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Unless you’re looking for the seeds of specific cultivars, it might be easier if you went to a local farmers market for some peaches and saved those seeds. That’s what I’ve done for a feww seed grown trees.
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Trees look terrible. The season is short, lots of swings and misses but every now and then.La Feliciana
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Whoever named @Ethancactus in the USA that replies “WANT IT” recieves some Extra Fancy and Fresh (EF&F) Red Haven peach pits via USPS to try and sprout. @Ethancactus just PM me your shipping address.
P.S. I’ll tell my wife to save some pits for you.
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I’ll send you a bunch of reliance seeds once they are ripe and ready. no charge or anything I’ll cover shipping.
mine are staying to get bigger so that’s nice but I’m a month away from ripe i think.
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Mother in law’s (unknown variety) grafted onto lovell nice big peaches starting to ripen. First fruits from this tree.
And seedling peach is also starting to ripen.
Nice sized and looking good so far 
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This dwarf tree was supposed to be a Contender. Clearly not a Contender, but these are so good and sweet. Zero cling, rich colored flesh. Pekin? They are quite large running about 4 inches long.
If this peach looks familiar to you, please let me know what it might be.
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Open center is not all that for (me). Centeral lead with scaffolds is much better. Why is this? Most everything i’ve read about peach training says open center vase shape. The vase branches bend down under fruit load and will break if not braced.
It needs at least one brace, maybe more the closer to ripening 
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks
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Maybe more thinning?
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Went and checked on my sole Silvergem Nectarine earlier today. It was in the organza bag off the tree. Ants all over it. Something bored a hole into it near the stem, earwig maybe? Got to eat about a quarter of it. Pretty red streaking in the outer half of the flesh. Great flavor. Looking forward to trying an entire, non-#@%$ed up one, some day.
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