greetings all,

we just bought a house and the previous owner tells us that the 12'
tall tree in the front yard is a peach that usually manages to bear
tasty fruit. don't know the variety. i live in boulder, co (zone
6?). the temp fluctuates wildly in the winter. yesterday it was 60,
today we got 6 inches of snow and it's 20. like many other parts of
the country, we have been suffering through a drought the past couple
of years. two questions:

1) should i fertilize my peach tree now? if so, with what and how?
if not, when?

2) can anyone recommend another variety of fruit tree that tolerates
relatively dry conditions fairly well? i just hate to have to drench
thirsty plants in the desert in the summer.

thanks for the advice!

jon