8. Ripening.
Peaches are climacteric. That means they’ll ripen after you’ve picked them. Seriously. Are they too hard at the supermarket? Buy them anyhow and put them on your counter; they’ll be good for eating in a couple of days.
9. So hard to grow.
People in Alberta, Manitoba and most of Ontario need not feel jealousy about Southern Ontario’s ability to grow peaches because, even with a climate that will allow for it, they are very difficult to grow. Opened flowers will die at -4 degrees Celsius, so a late frost means no fruits. There are also several diseases the trees can suffer.