Hello. My peach trees are in bad shape this year. They're reliance (reliant?) peaches. Maybe 3 years old.

The first problem is that they both have a major case of curl. I was surprised it could get that bad that fast. I cleaned up the leaves after they dropped in the fall. But that wasn't enough. I'm going to start spraying for curl now. That's if the trees live, because...

They're missing maybe 2/3 of their leaves. On one tree, two of the branches didn't leaf at all. The branches look totally dead. There's only leaves on the top third of the trees. Any idea what happened? I have apple and pear trees that made it through last winter no trouble at all and look great.

I'd blame the curl, but I have two other much older trees that look like they're in trouble also. One is a maple. I'm not sure what the other is, but it's not a fruit tree. Both are five years old. Both are missing leaves from 1/2 to 2/3 of their branches.

Other trees on my lot are ok. I've seen a few other maple trees in the neighborhood that have the same issue.

What's going on?

brian