Black Boy Peach

The black boy peach arrived perfectly, and with a caliper much larger than expected. It was very healthy and began to bud out in less than one week after planting in ground in Minnesota. I know that we’re not supposed to be growing peaches in Minnesota. But call me a rebel!

Was surprised by the size of the bare foot tree! Planted in a wire basket to protect against gophers. Tree has sprouted leaves.

The trees arrived perfect, very sturdy, expertly pruned to the open vase form. Just lovely healthy trees. I am very pleased with them

I recieved my peach , I think it strong and beautiful , thanks

I planted this the same time I planted the cherry tree you sent on my last order and it hasn't produced any new growth like the cherry tree has

Great looking bare root tree. It has not leafed out yet but looks healthy. I've always had great luck with Raintree. Thank you for another great tree.

I bought this tree in 2019, and only in 2022 did it bear fruits. It bore fruits for a second time in 2023. The only issue I have is the name of the variety sounding racially insensitive. Rather than “Black Boy” or “Indian Blood”, I call it “Raven Haven”, due to the dark flesh and juice. Fruits are maroon on the very edge, under the skin, but they get more of a white burst towards the pit. When you slice them, the dark red juice bleeds into the paler part of the fruit, towards the pit area.
In Michigan, this cultivar is a late-season producer, in late September or early October, which thus extends peach season by a month. When fruit is optimally ripe, it is moderately sweet, and slightly tangy. I personally like to remove the outer skin from the fruits most of the time.
All in all, if you’re looking for a late producer, this would be the one to grow!

the peach was doing well until the unseasonable rains came and basicly flooded the area that it and the cherries were in , and I lost both . The apple which was near them survived well, I am undeturred and am going to order them again.

This peach came in healthy and with a green cambium. It had 2 sets of branching limbs, and although the top set was cracked, I wanted to prune to chest height anyway. The caliper was nice and large as well.

The black peach was worth the money in size and quality, this is what I expect at the price I payed, reminds me of the good old days when a mailorder bare root tree was not a whip with a one year old root stock grafted to it, and feel cheated for spending the money. RT did their job, sold a quality tree I feel good about the price.

I ordered the peach tree in the winter and it recently arrived. It (and the Russian Quince) was the healthiest tree I have ever received from a nursery. I placed it in a bucket of water and planted the next day. Since then, we've had lots of rain. I cant wait to watch it leaf out and grow!

My peach arrived as described. I planted and pruned it as advised in the Raintree educational videos. It has been in the ground for about a month and is already shooting out leaves.

Good size for tree box could have had a bit of bubble wrap at the top because the tree got bounced around alot a few minor tip breaks but overall an excellent tree i highly recommend raintree for the hard to find specimens

The trees arrived as promised and were healthy. I planted them 2 weeks ago and so far so good. I hope they grow well and produce beautiful purple peaches. I think they will.

Nice sturdy rootstock on the Black boy dwarf peach!

The Black Boy tree came on time and very nicely packed. I was impressed with the tree and very impressed with the ample root structure. I have no doubt this tree will thrive.

I appreciate having a peach that ripens late in the season after my other peach trees have already given all of their fruit. The tree I recieved was a strong one, established itself well while the other two (different type) I received in the same shipment didn't and died within a year.

I ordered several fruit trees this last year as we expand our home garden and this peach tree was the largest and healthiest tree we received out of the five different online nurseries we purchased from that year. It continues to grow and mature beautifully. Thank you for a quality product. I balked a bit at the price at first, but now see it is a fair price for the what you get. Thank you!

It is already starting to grow some leaves. Very healthy plant.

My little tree arrived in perfect condition. I did a scratch test on one of the branches and it showed perfect, moist and green tissue just underneath the "bark". The newspaper shred was nice and moist and it was something of a chore getting the plastic wrap and shred off. The roots were nice and moist and I gave them a couple hour soak before planting. I loosened up the soil and made a nice little "cone" of soil and the root structure hugged the soil perfectly. Even though it is a dwarf, I pruned back the leader and selected five nice branches as scaffold branches and headed them back to nice outward facing buds. This little boy has special meaning to me as it was a gift for my dear wife to join up with her Bardsey Apple now three years old. It was purchased in January as a get well gift for my dear wife who was hospitalized at the time. Sadly, she wasnt able to see it arrive and start it s new life as she lost her fight in February. So for her, I pray for sweet blossoms and lovely fruit in her memory.

The tree is 3 years old and produced approximately 30 peaches this year. Loved the peach smell as I picked them! After blanching I added a little sugar and a couple of scoops of ice cream. Definitely as tasty as our previous Doughnut Peach that had to be removed due to disease. We’re Also freezing some And Looking forward to some peach margaritas this year!

Bought my tree in 2018, and it has recovered nicely after a difficult first year. Had to cut back a few dead branches, and was disappointed that the lone black peachling fell off. Pruned it for proper platforming and it is now growing nicely, but I m glad I had read that even peach curl resistant trees have red goo and crimson highlights for the first few years. My early impression is that it is sturdy enough to withstand the intense winds here in seaside Dungeness, though I still wonder it I ll actually get ripened peaches in my relatively harsh climate. Still too early for a firm judgment, but I d say it seems promising. Four stars for now with potential to raise to five.