Peaches
Wawona Packing Co. LLC, Cutler, Calif., has acquired the stone fruit breeding assets of Burchell Nursery Inc., including more than 60 patented fruit trees and associated genetics.
Drought conditions in Chile are stressing Chilean fruit producers, according to a new report from Fedefruta, the Federation of Fruit Producers of Chile.
A promotional campaign for Chilean fruit called the “Super Fruit Bowl” is lining up with the National Football League’s Super Bowl.
Jac. Vandenberg Inc., Yonkers, N.Y., is recalling cartons of Chilean peaches, nectarines and plums shipped to retailers in 18 states for Listeria monocytogenes concerns.
Titan Farms, Ridge Spring, S.C., and Harris Teeter, Matthews, N.C., have donated 219,000 pounds of peaches to food banks through the Peaches with a Purpose program over the past five years.
California stone fruit companies Gerawan Farming Inc., Fresno, and Wawona Packing Co. LLC, Cutler, have merged.
Distributor Salix Fruits ended 2019 with 30% growth over 2018, in part because of its imported Argentine lemon program in the U.S.
Australian officials have asked the USDA to approve U.S. imports of Australian apricots, nectarines, peaches, European plums, and Japanese plums.
Homegrown Organic Farms, Porterville, Calif., has rebranded, with a new logo and packaging design.
This information, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, shows week-by-week shipments and f.o.b.s for commodities from shipments for the fresh market.
New Jersey peach growers are looking for a big season.
Fruit thinning is a labor-intensive practice for peach growers in New Jersey.
Stemilt’s stone fruit season officially kicked off this week with its first run of Artisan Organics™ apricots.
The first week of July brought a lot of shuffling of the top 20 produce items on Produce Market Guide, with some summertime specialties joining the ranks of standard favorites.
It’s time to get those napkins out because Stemilt’s Artisan Organics peaches and nectarines are now in season.
All humility aside, it’s good to be first. Florida is the first state in the U.S. to have ripe, marketable peaches each year, a point of pride for the state’s growers and marketers.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a report on its investigation of the Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak in peaches.
Titan Farms, premier grower of South Carolina peaches, is now shipping their ever-popular patriotic-themed, volume fill box named “America’s Peach.”
Although things weren’t all red, white and blue on PMG in the week leading up to the July Fourth holiday, seasonal favorites still stacked the top 20.
With about 2,000 acres of commercial peaches, Florida isn’t a major player in domestic peach production.
California’s peach, nectarine and plums crop should offer good volume and strong quality this year, according to Levon Ganajian, retail relations director for Trinity Fruit Sales Co., Fresno, Calif.
For the past couple of weeks a certain specialty has been topping the charts on PMG — namely, loquat!
This year could see relatively calm waters after the great stormy ocean of 2020, when some produce companies drowned and others kept treading water while the fortunate ones soared high on a wave of retail.
New Jersey’s locally grown peaches are now available in supermarkets, community farmers’ markets and on farms, and New Jersey peach producers are celebrating a near-perfect growing season.
With harvest starting the first week of May, South Carolina is poised to offer buyers a good crop of peaches in 2021.
Lori Anne peaches are back in stores at select retailers nationwide.
Chambersburg peaches will be available from Keystone Fruit Marketing, a division of Progressive Produce, starting the last week of July through the end of August.
Titan Farms brings back its sustainable, eco-friendly packaging this summer to meet the increasing demand for less single-use plastics.
There were more shake-ups on PMG the second week of July, with cucumbers moving up to No. 1 and beans climbing from No. 6 the previous week to No. 2.
It’s National Peach Month! Celebrate with Jersey Fresh peaches.