It's ironic … in order for farmers to know if their fruit is ripe, they regularly have to pick and analyze pieces of that fruit, reducing their yields. Utilizing a new technique, however, they could ...

Electrical impedance measurements were used to characterize changes in intracellular and extracellular resistance as well as changes in the condition of membranes during ripening of nectarines (Prunus ...

Summer is stone fruit season, and you can find us adding them to salads, cocktails, and desserts. The produce section at your local supermarket is likely overflowing with different varieties of ...

Thin out peach and nectarines to produce larger fruit during the next two to three weeks. Thinning, or the removal of fruit by hand, is an important step in growing larger and higher-quality peaches ...

Of all the stone fruits, the nectarine gets the least respect. It’s not as adorable as the apricot, nor as voluptuous as a cherry, nor as sweet as a peach. Carr thinks a nectarine’s flavor is closer ...

Do you have a nectarine tree that has a history of producing scarred misshapen fruit? If so, the damage to the fruit is probably caused by Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) and the ...

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Of all the stone fruits, the nectarine gets the least respect. It’s not as adorable as the apricot, nor as voluptuous as a cherry, nor as sweet as a peach. Poor nectarines. But to Jay Carr, chief ...