@Gred The reason I chose to buy that peach tree was because it (the pit) was not from a grafted peach tree, the parent tree was also from pit.

The original tree is very old and also not grafted. Also they have grown it organically and it is already 3 years old.

Was I to buy a certified organic fruit tree (as all other plants, trees and seeds in our garden are) it would have been younger and taken a longer time to get some fruit and (less importantantly) would be more expensive.

Also I was under the impression that the unreliable quality of the fruit production when grown from pit was only relevant if the parent tree had been grafted.

Thank you for your response, I will leave it be for a couple of seasons and see how it goes.

I am afraid you are under a false impression, Matt.

Any fruit tree grown from a seed will be a 'lucky-dip' in its (eventual) fruit quality.

Also, they are slower to fruit when grown from seed.

The tree that your photo shows is a very poor specimen and I'm quite surprised that is was even available for purchase. If you want a peach tree, I recommend that you buy a named variety of the kind you like.

Whether you keep it or not, to plant and see how the fruit is later get it out of that bucket of water!

I've always heard that peaches have a much better chance of growing true to type from seed than other fruits. If they are not 100% true to type they may at least be very close, whereas apples and other fruits might not even come close. Plant the seed of a grocery store apple and you likely may end up with a crabapple tree. I don't think the bend in the trunk is that big of a deal. I would plant it a little bit crooked to compensate for the angle. If you don't like the peaches it produces you can always graft other varieties onto it.

Certain varieties are practically true to type.

black boy is one that comes to mind

I too thought peaches being homozygous were pretty stable when grown from peach pits. At least friends of mine that do so with Veteran peaches claim they are fine as far as fruit quality. I tried numerous times with pits from Reliance but had no luck in getting any of the seeds to grow.

Perhaps not all peach varieties are true to seed so I may be wrong.

Matt,

Where do you live? That will determine if you could grow peach tree organically. If you live in CA or Southwest where weather is arid, you could do it. If you live in the east or midwest or the south, it will be very challenging to do it organically.

Also, almost all peach trees grown from seeds are not likely to be like the mother tree. However, you could get decent or even good peaches grown from seeds. The chance is slim ( chances are a lot slimmer for apples from seeds. Why one would not want to grow a named variety that is guaranteed to produce delicious fruit baffles me.

Peach trees grow fast. You can even remove the dominapnt branch and retrain the tree. First. get it in ground and go from there. Please google YouTube, peach growing, North Carolina Extension service. The expert will show you how to do it.