Hi Cityman. I agree, I was surprised by Reliance. It supposed to be cold hardy and require 1000 chill hours. It blooms a good week to 10 days before the others. Can’t recommend this peach. Cold Hardy in the peach industry has different meanings - the most common one is the ability of the plant to survive extreme cold temperatures. Blooming late and the blooms surviving cold temperatures is not the same. I specifically picked Reliance and Contender because I thought they would be late bloomers - got Reliance wrong. I am going to plant PF24C this year although looking through old posts Olpea (spelling?) did not seem to think highly of it, hopefully I will have a better experience. Thinking about trying Fingerlakes Super Hardy or Intrepid next year. The Elberta is by far the most robust tree I have in 2 to 3 years they are 2 to 3 times bigger than my other trees. I wish I knew the rootstock but they were grown on but they were Walmart $5 clearance specials. Here is a link to a related discussion - Further Evaluation of Winter Damage of Peach Buds .