Peaches are one of those fruits that just need to ripen on the tree to get the most delicious and juicy flavor imaginable. Peach trees require a sweet soil so lime should be added in the fall and top dressed with good composted manure at the drip line. I use the tiller to work the soil a little on top all around the trees' drip line and then add the amendments. When peaches are the size of golf balls I spray with Surround, a kaolin clay that protects the fruit from bugs. This freestone peach is Early Elberta and is the size of a baseball. Very easy to pit and freeze or can for pies. I think some more jam is in order too!
I love peaches! We're experiencing a shortage of peaches, apples to name a few... since we had an unusually WARM & early spring, blossoms, followed by a killing frost (in Michigan)! I bought a few peaches to make a peach cobbler for my family last weekend - at about $1 per peach! It tasted super!!
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