If there is more than one trunk from the ground there is a good chance you are growing the rootstock, which may not even be a peach tree. Look up what peach leaves are supposed to look like and see if thats what you have.

Scott

Scott, Thanks. I just read your reply and went out in the rain with a flashlight to check this out. I took a leaf from each "trunk" coming out of the ground and compared to the Nat Aud. Soc. field guide.I definitely has two distinctly different leaves. Field guide says: leaves
3 1/2 to 6" long, 3/4 - 1" wide. The larger leaves are about 4" long and 2 1/4" wide. The smaller leaves are about 2" by 1 1/2" Some parts of the description fit. finely sawtoothed, sides curled up from mid-vein,leafstalks short with gland near tip, strong odor and bitter taste when crushed, but the leaves are not long and slender like those in the photo. So is one or more stalks the grafted peach tree and the others the host tree? What should I do with it?

Something is wrong. Peach trees fruit on two year old wood. The first year, my little stick of a peach tree, put out a blossom. This year its carrying about 10 peaches. Something isn't right... At least peach trees bear while young!

I have several fruit trees some of which are 4-5 years old but haven't produce like the peach-pear which has never even produced flowers-weird bing cherry tree which has 5- branches and the cherries grow on the branches in bunches with what looks like dead foliage-apple trees which never flowered and was 5 years old, anyhow have a lot of things going on so I need some helpful info?
thanks a lot
Beverlyvz

I bought a new peach tree this spring and it has two little peaches on it in its first year. I'm not sure yet if it gets to keep them or if I'll take them off. So I'd be very suspicious that you haven't had any fruit yet. Can you post a picture or scan in the leaves?

Could it also be the case that some of these problems are caused by not having a tree(s) that works for your area of the country - specifically referring to chilling hours? I've got a Peachcot that likes a colder region than I've got and will only do something every blue moon.. I've had it for almost 5 years and it's never had anything edible (last year it had 2 little fruit but they fell off early).. I suspect it needs ~600-700 chilling hours/year but only gets ~400 here in the So-Cal area.

My neighbor has a peach tree that the grafted portion died two or three years ago and is now just multi-trunked rootstock that is growing really good. I told him he was wasting his time, water, and space growing it but he doesn't seem to believe me. He wonders why it never produces any fruit anymore but says it used to produce a lot and apparently figures its just a matter of time before it produces fruit again.