HW 272 Peach

I understand being a small business. But if you ship something in the heat of Summer and it is a fruit tree that is bareroot, then you should make every effort to securely, safely, and with a strong assurance that during the time to transport the tree that it will arrive in great to good condition. Mine arrived leaking fluid, the roots weren't even fully wrapped in a narrow strip of plastic, and the package was leaking! I immediately placed them in 5 gallon pots and kept them moist. One tree budded and started leafing out, and then stopped. The other tree has done nothing, and the branches are getting dry and brittle. But here's the real rub: if you do a BOGO, you are totally out of luck for any guarantee, period. I will never shop this nursery again.

Although I sprayed this tree 4 times during this past dormant season with a fungicide for peach leaf curl, it is SEVERLY AFFECTED and ALL leaves show peach leaf curl. All of my other peach varieties are only slightly affected

My HW 272 is 4 years old this year, about 10 feet tall and absolutely loaded with beautiful fruit. I had to say something after seeing the ridiculously low rating for this amazing Peach. First, every Peach tree is susceptible to leaf curl to some degree-this is the most resistant one I've owned, but that doesn't mean you can skip copper sprays in the winter entirely. This spring when every other peach tree in my neighborhood was crippled by leaf curl, mine barely had a touch of it on 5 leaves. It also is a slightly later bloomer with strong flowers that resisted a few light frosts this year-great for Northern areas, mine also set the most peaches among the 7 or so trees I walk my dog by in town. The peaches themselves are outstanding-the kind where everyone you give them to say they're the best they've ever had. I have dozens of trees from Raintree and this might be my favorite-don't listen to the bad reviews, one was from someone obviously new to growing peaches and one had a bad shipping experience.