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Stone fruit farm stay
Mike and Nori Naylor, and Henny the farm dog, relax on the porch of
Organic Pioneer
Mike Naylor has grown organic stone fruit for 30 years.
Peaches inhibit breast cancer
Scientists found that consumption of peach polyphenolics slowed tumor growth.
Is fresh best?
Study shows processed fruits and vegetables can be a good option.
Six top researchers headline March Cornell fruit school
The Cornell University Fruit Team will hold an in-depth school for tree fruit growers, extension educators, and crop consultants on March 25 at the Ramada Inn in Geneva, New York.
Bloom thinning boosts fruit size
Hand-thin flowers to increase size of peaches and nectarines.
Peach growers challenges
Growing peaches is getting easier in some ways, harder in others, a rather normal description
Five ways to make sure people eat fewer peaches
1 Grow just one variety. Growing one variety will limit your marketing season and the
Marked for progress
The four-year, $14.4 million RosBREED plant breeding project, funded in 2009 under the Specialty Crop
Winning orchard designs
After four years of collecting data, Penn State University horticulturalist Dr. Jim Schupp has arrived
The path to commercialization
For seven years now, Rutgers University of New Jersey and Adams County Nursery in Aspers,
Undercover production in China
Greenhouses or high tunnels can advance the ripening of peaches and nectarines. (Video and Photo Gallery at bottom of story)
Tougas Family Farm
Mo Tougas asks a question of Oregon State University sweet cherry expert Lynn Long on
Peaches from Arkansas
Arkansas plant breeder John Clark. Photos courtesy of John Clark, University of Arkansas New nectarine
Smart cherry breeding
Breeder Nnadozie Oraguzie stands in a Phase 1 block planted in 2011 and 2012. He'll
Career comes to late fruition
For more than two decades, Dr. Tom Toyama quietly got on with his work as
Shorten laterals to cut thinning costs
Left: Shortening laterals in winter reduces the initial fruit load. Center: Laterals always have
Saving water in early peaches
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, looking for ways that growers can save water
Cherry research needed
Washington cherry and stone fruit growers will have another opportunity in the coming weeks to
Prune for size
(Courtesy Bas van den Ende) Producing fruit today requires higher and higher degrees
Des Layne joins WSU
Desmond Layne Washington State University has appointed Dr. Desmond Layne, a professor at
Good to Know—What growers want in new varieties
Adopting a new scion cultivar is a crucial decision for tree fruit growers, who must
Good Stuff
Bayer purchases AgraQuest Bayer Crop Science, headquartered in Germany, has purchased the U.S. biological crop-protection
Last Bite–A peach with longevity
Appreciated for its red skin and golden flesh, the O’Henry peach has been an
Florida PEACHES
José Chaparro has been breeding low-chill peaches for central to south Florida. Here, he
Living with plum pox
Jim Bittner, pictured with a tour group in his New York orchard, pulled out 20
Canadians will reduce pressure to eliminate plum pox
Plum pox-infected trees will ultimately produce low yields of deformed, mottled fruit. The virus
Last Bite–From Shangri-La
Apricots are dried on a Hunza Valley rooftop. On the flanks of the magnificent Karakoram
Finding the ideal peach orchard
Jim Schupp (on tractor) took an active role in evaluating the Darwin blossom thinner and
Breeding peaches
New peach varieties from MSU are expected to fill the gaps in the profile of
In support of peach breeding
Peach breeder Bill Shane (left) and Michigan Peach Sponsors President Kurt Weber enjoyed the annual
Last Bite
Arctic Snow, patented by Zaiger Genetics and sold by Dave Wilson Nursery, ripens late August
Wide scope for rootstock research
International Fruit Tree Association members tour a research plot at Wapato, Washington, where a wide
Contain root growth
Four-year-old Packham trees on Winter Nelis rootstock planted 22.5 cm (9 inches) apart on Open
Strategies for controlling bacterial spot
The O’Henry peach variety is a poster child, highly susceptible to bacterial spot. Symptoms include
MAP funds granted for stone fruits
Dissolution of the California Tree Fruit Agreement created opportunity for Washington State stone fruit, says
Quality fruit is Rice heritage
Mark Rice chose to go with Kiku, a high quality Fuji fruit strain that is
Georgia peach growers use H-2A
Peach growers were conspicuously absent from the list of fruit and vegetable producers who suffered
Blossom thin peaches
Katy Lesser Clowney, while working at the Adams County extension office, found the Darwin at
On a FasTrack
Horticulturist Ralph Scorza pollinates plum flowers while geneticist Ann Callahan measures sugar content and molecular
South Carolina peach breeder wants better peaches, faster
Ksenija Gasic heads Clemson University’s peach-breeding program, which was recently revived after a 25-year hiatus.
More late cherries coming
A new tree-fruit acreage survey in Washington State shows a decline in all tree fruits
Southeastern peaches enter Mexican markets
H-2A workers in the Titan Farms packing plant cheered when they found their peaches were
Michigan grower sees bright future for plums
Some of Rood’s older plum trees show there can be problems. This tree shows rootstock
Last Bite
Elberta is not highly colored, but it has good flavor, bears dependably, and is widely
Peach breeder Dick Okie retiring
After 30 years breeding peaches for the South—15 in the Prince series alone—W.R. (Dick) Okie
Last Bite
The Santa Rosa plum was the most widely grown plum in California until the mid-1970s.
Everything about PEACHES
Desmond Layne’s work in peach cultivar evaluation means tasting a lot of peaches. “It’s a
Clemson peach team
More peaches—about 17,000 acres— are grown in South Carolina than any other state east of
Fast, easy test reveals fungicide resistance
When disease organisms become resistant to a fungicide, spraying is like hitting them with rainwater—expensive