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In zone 5 Southwest Connecticut the White Champion peach has a severe split 
pit problem which the ear wigs love to inhabit...open thru the stem end.
Georgia Belle is better.....flavor is as good and the peaches are mostly 
whole.
Best peach I ever ate was the Hal Berta Giant....once again available from 
Stark Bros.  And I 've just ordered two of them for home orchard.  Of course 
it is not a white peach which is unique of itself.
Karl Olson
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I like to use two buds when possible because often it seems that the 
uppermost bud will sprout out first and if it dries out or gets eaten the 
second bud is there to take its place. I also suspect that it delays the 
onset in growth of the second bud as compared to a single budded graft. So 
this is useful in getting extra time for the root to get established.