What kind of soil do you have? Clay? Sandy? Stone fruits (peaches, plum, cherries) like well-drained soil. I grew up in the WNY fruit belt that is on an old deposit of glacial and lake bed material. Lake Ontario keeps things cool to prevent early blossoming (had a frost warning last night!), but that late cold weather will only kill your blossoms. The key to an overall healthy tree is well-drained soil.
I lived in New England many years in the sandy, rocky soil that area is notorious for. Our peach tree loved it! I lost the whole crop many years as we had some 80 degree March days where it would blossom, then get a cold snap in April. But the years when the weather cooperated the branches would sometimes break from the weight of all the fruit.
I now live in an area with heavy clay soil. The waterlogged soil kills cherry and peach trees. I am now trying a raised bed to ensure drainage. I have not had my stone fruits long enough to tell you how they are doing, but can tell you that the wet ground does NOT work.
I've never had luck with 'bare root' fruit trees. If they are raised in too different a climate from yours they won't adapt. A locally-grown root-ball is better.
Some stone fruits also require a minimum dormancy of winter cold weather for proper blossoming. But that is for blossoming, not overall tree health.
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