I hope you get a reply, I never have in this or other forums about flavor. Just saw old posts about folks hating the fruit from Bonfire Patio Peach which is common knowledge is not for eating.

I have 6 mini's and two have fruit starting -- not sure if they'll keep. But I've already thinned em. I'll be posting my own taste tests for the Garden Delight, Honey Babe, Necta-Zee, El Dorado, Pix Zee.

I have a honey babe and it was pretty good, not as good as Eva's Pride, but good. Plus it looks great in a pot.

rasputinj: That's good news, at least. I do like the way they are in pots, but I'll probably give them away to family if a few years from now they aren't tasty.

I noticed today Lowes in my area is carrying Honey Babe and Garden Delight mini's. All my trees are Dave Wilson purchased at nursery's.

What is the deal, they just don't grow large? I have a 'red gold' in a pot...

lucky you people in america.
here in Greater Toronto Area i don't know where to buy miniature peach trees.
here in Brampton (Ontario) we have 2 LOwes store but they don't carry minis.
i really, really would like to have a peach tree in container.

Good luck to all of you,

Radovan

cebury thank you very much for the suggestion, I will be visiting LOWE'S on a weekly basis just to make sure i don't mis it if they get them.

for the comment about America (Amerika) i do apologize if it is a bad comment but i did it since all europeans are brought up that way to call it Amerika and not so much to call it The United States of America- U.S.A.

Sorry!

Radovan: Hehe I know a lot of Canadians and they all say the US sucks. The reasons they quote are many, of which I agree with most (in general). But of course they ignore all the great things about it and are blind to their own plights.

That's why I was laughing, b/c I never heard any Canadian say Americans were lucky. No problem man.

I grew the Garden Gold minis for several years. The peaches were OK but I would call them bland and watery; I pulled them up several years ago. Still, better than your average grocery store peaches.

Scott

radovan:

You don't need a minature to grow a peach in a pot. Just plant a normal peach they will do fine. I prefer a rootstock that will take a little wetness in the soil but even Lovell root will work. Just make sure you have a light, well-draining mix. The tree won't get huge and you don't need a big pot. Mine do fine in 10-15 gallon pots. Summer prune as needed to keep the size you want.

fruitnut, that's a good idea, i never thought about it.
i will try it why not and i can "push" it around.

thank you all.

I have a traditional size peach tree that has miniature fruit.This is the first time since we moved in-8 years ago-that the animals and birds haven't stripped the tree clean before any of the peaches were ripe.Roughly the size of walnuts-these peaches are sweet and juicy-with an amazingly strong peach flavor.Slices cut easily from the little pits,and the slices are the size of mandarin orange segments-AWESOME!I have no idea what variety of peach this is-but it is sort of cool.

I planted a Pix-Zee this year. It set a lot of fruit (20-25) on a tree that is 1-1.5 feet tall. I thinned it out to 4-5 peaches that ended up being normal in size. They tasted great. Not bland or inedible like a lot of miniature peach trees.

I think I have a miniature ( fruit size not tree size) peach tree, just pick most of them off the tree today. But I don't know what kind it is. The mini peaches are very tasty.

Patrice223 - Sounds like your tree may be a Baby Crawford variety. Small, but intense flavor.