I have an Oregon Curl Free Peach tree that I think was infected with aphids a couple of springs ago when we had those several weeks of persistent and unexpected heavy rains. As a result the lower branches lost their green growth and this year only the top one fourth of the branches leafed out and there were only a few peaches produced. I am attaching pictures of the tree as it looks this year. The questions I have are: Do you think the tree is viable or should I remove it? Is it possible that the leaves may come back to the lower branches? Should I prune away the lower branches where there was no growth this year? There are a couple of suckers that have grown next to the base of my Negronne Fig tree. Pictures attached. Will these suckers become trees and bear fruit? Or should they be pruned away?