My son swears he ate peaches off of this one tree 3 years ago probably when I was sick. But the leaves don't look the same at all to my other peach trees.

Apricot.

Well apricot would be great too. Actually any fruit tree that actually produces is great. I do need to plant apples this year because they are my grandsons favorite.

Thank you.

Apricots are beautiful trees, A friend of ours has a huge one (not pruned into the typical bowl shape of stone fruit trees) in his back yard here in our neighborhood that has been there for many years. It only bears about 1 or 2 years out of maybe 5, but when it does bear, it bears a large harvest that has to be thinned a great deal just like other stone fruit....otherwise you get a ton of tiny apricots just like you get tiny peaches and plums if you don't thin them. We usually thin away approximately 92-95% of our stone fruit in those years when it seems like every blossom formed a fruit and that still leaves us with huge harvests. It means we remove thousands of tiny fruit, but still have hundreds left per tree in a good year.

Apricots tend to bloom too early here most years just like peaches and plums, so I'm hoping yours is one of the varieties that has longer chill hours, though none of the ones I'm aware of how truly long enough chill hours to overcome the early blooming thing. We just get too warm too early in winter and then usually turn back cold again (like that whole snow thing yesterday in parts of the TX & OK panhandles). Some apricots have flowers that are more white or pinkish-white and others have them that are a brighter pink. I think that Moorpark, a commonly recommended variety for Texas, has the brighter pink but there's probably others that have the brighter pink flowers as well. Most apricot flowers I've seen vary from white to pink, but I haven't seen a lot. They are not commonly grown here because of the whole issue with them blooming too early and having the crop destroyed by later freezing weather.

Texas Gardener magazine had a great article about growing apricots in Texas a few years ago. I'll see if I can find it and link it.

If you've never had fresh apricots just picked off a tree, they are a real treat. Grocery store apricots never have the same flavor and texture as fresh ones. When our friend shares the excess apricots with us, we eat some fresh, freeze some to use later in pies, and can the rest.

Here's the apricot article from Texas Gardener:

Texas Gardener Magazine Article on Growing Apricots