Southwest ohio Chill hrs and peach trees variety

Yep

I think that most here would state a concern that late frosts will take out your fruit set is about whether the variety is cold-hardy (or late blooming). I’ll defer to @Drew51 and those closer to your locale to weigh in on particular varieties to address that concern. This thread probably has some useful information for you.

As an aside, there is a tendency, particularly in old varieties, that high chill varieties bloom later and ripen later, but modern breeding has done a good amount to isolate chilling requirement and you cannot say now that a variety with a lower chilling requirement will be an early bloomer. The Mericrest nectarine, for instance, is very cold hardy and a late bloomer, but does well in temperate California areas.

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