In choosing peach trees for planting in Northeast Ohio, it’s crucial to focus on selecting varieties well-suited to the local climate and resistant to diseases. Here are the key considerations: ...

In Georgia, home to nearly 12,000 acres of peach orchards, the average peach tree requires anywhere from 650-850 chill hours each season.

For the first time since 2022, Apple Holler, 5006 S. Sylvania Ave., Sturtevant, is welcoming guests for peach picking. Fair weather in winter and spring, plus this summer’s extended heatwave, yielded ...

Cold weather around Christmas time in 2022 gave many of the peach tree varieties enough of the signal they needed to start blooming when the warm temperatures arrived, Knox said.

Early-fruiting peach varieties give the best harvests often avoiding insects and diseases that can devastate this taste treat. Regretfully the trees are short-lived, giving about 10 years of ...

'Peach trees need at least 20% full sun in the summer in order to produce flower buds for next year's crop. The top of the tree can shade the interior or lower branches, preventing flower buds from ...

The variety of peach called Red Baron produces fruit around July but doesn’t begin flowering nearly a whole month later than Earlitreat, in early March. Selecting varieties that flower early or ...

Ms. Hayes asked me to recommend peach tree varieties for our area. I recommend low-chilling varieties such as ‘May Pride’ and ‘Eva’s Pride.’ ...

The orchards produce more than 35 peach varieties, which are for picking mid-May through August. A popular spot to sink your teeth into one of its sweet peaches is on Lane's rocking chair porch.

Question: Our peach trees are starting to bloom. Should they be pruned at this time? Answer: Now is peach tree-pruning time. Many have been in bloom for a while, but there are still plenty of flowe… ...