peach reliance
Prunus Persica – Reliance Peach
Reliance is a hardy, late season, sweet fruit producing peach tree. It has beautiful spring flowers – a vigorous grower and produces a bumper crop of peaches. The fruit is freestone. Excellent for eating, canning, and freezing. Although they grow to mature height of about 15 feet, you can prune them back to a height of eight feet for easier harvesting.
Reliance is a self-pollinating tree forming a rounded crown.
Height: 12′ – 15′
Width: 12′ – 15′
Exposure: Full sun is best.
Watering and soil: Moist, well drained soil – loam or sand. Water well while establishing.
Fertilizer: Use a well balanced fertilizer or slow release formula.
Pruning: Peaches do require annual pruning to keep them healthy, strong, and bountiful. They are excellent fruit trees for espalier training too. To receive maximum sunlight and good air circulation, train these trees to an open center shape. Be sure to remove all rootstock suckers, dead and non-fruiting wood.
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