#197847 - 03/31/08 08:47 PM
Re: I would like some fruit trees.. Gala Apples, Peaches
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Pinkhorseofcourse
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Ok.. I will check at Lowe's. Not sure if WalMart has trees out yet or not.. I haven't noticed any.
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#202969 - 04/20/08 09:23 AM
Re: I would like some fruit trees.. Gala Apples, Peaches
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DeepCreekLake
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Try a variety called Relience Peach. Its a cold hardy peach that will grow in your area. Actually many peaches (and other fruits) will grow in Zone 5. I am in zone 5 and grow kinds of peaches, and 2 nectarines- they are doing fine, and growing well. I grow a bunch of apples, and pears as well. Look at a USDA growing zone chart to see what area you fall under, and go from there.
Growing fruits from seeds will not bear a true type of fruit that it is. A gala apple is a cross between, a Kids Orange and a Golden delicous. The tree more than likely would be one of those, not the cross. Also fruits like apples, pears, and peaches etc, are very slow to bear fruit growing that way- thats why most fruit trees you buy are grafted. Grafting ensures it will be a true variety, and controls the trees size (dwarf, semi Dwarf, standard etc). Grafting is done by joining a Scion Branch to a rootstock, often another type of fruit (quince is often used for pears etc).
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#203707 - 04/22/08 07:38 PM
Re: I would like some fruit trees.. Gala Apples, Peaches
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Pinkhorseofcourse
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Well I am kind of on hold as far as buying fruit trees right now anyway. My husband is off work indefinitely and has to have surgery so we are really in a bind financially.
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#203767 - 04/22/08 10:41 PM
Re: I would like some fruit trees.. Gala Apples, Peaches
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Pinkhorseofcourse
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I am sorry to hear you are in the same boat as we are. Hopefully things will improve for both of us. 
And no, I hadn't really thought about nectarines.. are there advantages to those versus peaches?? Or are you just curious..?
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#203770 - 04/22/08 10:46 PM
Re: I would like some fruit trees.. Gala Apples, Peaches
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Pinkhorseofcourse
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I think I will stick with peaches. I LOVE fresh peaches..
And you could be right.. I just pray you are not.
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#204159 - 04/24/08 12:24 PM
Re: I would like some fruit trees.. Gala Apples, Peaches
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DeepCreekLake
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Nectarines, and peaches are very much the same- Just nectarines do not have the fuzzy skin. Its believed that Nectarines are a "sport of peaches" meaning a mutation that sometimes occurs. They are grown the same, and look identical, other than the skins differ. You prune them the exact same way as peaches!
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