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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> We have one very productive 12 year-old peach tree and it can supply 3-4
> bushels of peaches.  You are in for a real treat.  Red raspberries were
> my favorite...until I ate a peach fresh off the tree.

You're killing me here. I tried for years to eat a peach off my trees. 
Brown rot thwarted me every time, sometimes just before maturity. I either 
have to do the chemical dance or close off that part of my brain as a 
matter of pain avoidance. All peach trees have been cut down. Sob.