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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aggie researcher David Byrne has been working for years on new varieties peaches at this orchard near College Station. The trees are being sold to the public this year. Spring peach blossoms create a ...

It's going to be a good idea to thin out peach and nectarines to produce larger fruit during the next two or three weeks. Thinning, or the removal of fruit by hand, is an important step in growing ...

Question: Our nectarine tree has lots of blooms. Isn’t this too early for the tree to flower and will we get early fruits? Answer: It is a good bet your nectarine tree has lost a lot of its leaves, ...

This column is written by the Master Gardeners of Yolo County each month. It provides answers to selected questions recently ...

North Florida has an excellent climate for growing a wide variety of fruits, and many stone fruits such as peaches, nectarines and plums can produce well for us — if we can keep the squirrels away.

If you’ve been itching to tidy up your fruit trees, February is an excellent time to get out and lop things. Pruning off a few branches is the perfect way to indulge our green thumbs in winter, plus ...

Floyd Zaiger, creator of the pluot and more than 100 varieties of fruit, eyed the group standing in his orchard. They had come to taste 209LZ12, a vibrantly yellow-skinned, white-fleshed peach. It has ...