On Monday, September 15, 2014 8:27:54 PM UTC-4, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
You have my sympathies. I had the EXACT same thing happen (dwarf peach,

1st year of fruit wiped out over night). It was quite the "WTF?"

moment, walking up to the bare tree.

Since then I've also had to deal with birds and use a net - brought to

the trunk and tied. Squirrels & chipmunks could chew through, but don't.

Yeah, Mosquito net the tree and give it a squirrel collar and the fruit should be OK.