Caring for a Dwarf Peach Tree and Propagation Limits

Your ‘Western Pride’ semi-dwarf peach produced great fruit in year one. Maximize future yields with proper care.

Maintenance

• Follow University of Minnesota stone fruit guide (linked) for pruning, fertilizing, winterizing.
• Peach pits won’t grow true—tree is a hybrid on hardy rootstock.
• For same fruit, graft scions onto compatible rootstock (see UMN grafting guide).

If Trying Pits Anyway

1. Crack pit carefully; remove almond-like seed.
2. Plant 1 inch deep; stratify 90 days in fridge or outdoors.
3. Germinate in spring; grow on.

Grafting preserves the cultivar; seeds do not.