peach 'Avalon Pride'

Plant in a sunny, sheltered site with moist but well-drained, fertile soil, away from frost pockets. Can be grown as a standard or bush in milder areas, or fan-trained against a south-facing wall; final size will depend on the rootstock used. Peach blossom is early, so flowers may need protection from frost.

Prune established fans in spring and summer. Free standing peaches are pruned in the same way as pruning acid cherries

Peaches are usually propagated by grafting onto rootstocks for fruit. They can be propagated from seed, although the fruit from the seedlings is likely to be inferior in flavour to the parent, and seed-raised trees take four to five years to bear fruit

May be susceptible to aphids and caterpillars, birds and squirrels can damage fruit

May be susceptible to silver leaf, honey fungus, bacterial canker and brown rot. This cultivar has some resistance to peach leaf curl, cover in winter to provide further protection from infection