July 2015

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Summer Fruits

Featured stories covering summer tree fruits including a feature on peaches appear in this issue.

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David Muxlow, part of a future generation of Family Tree Farms growers, runs to his father, Andy, in Reedley, California on April 9, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Family farm puts flavor first

Digging back into peach history

Peaches in Florida

In The Box: Arctic answers

Family Tree Farms in Reedley, California on April 9, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

California cling peach growers plant more trees as prices improve

This 5-year-old Red Haven is on its last legs after two consecutive hard Michigan winters. It failed to bloom last year, and this year leafing is sparse, many twigs are dead, and there’s now little shoot growth. ( Richard Lehnert/Good Fruit Grower)

Michigan peach crop is short again

Drone ready to work in fruit

Russian closure slows pear exports

Bartlett pear halves. (Courtesy Pacific Northwest Canned Pear Service)

Processed pears bring record prices

Low snow spells trouble

Daniel Bays in Westley, California on April 10, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

Daniel Bays, a Young Grower from Westley, California

Mobile view of the Irrigation Scheduler site. (Courtesy AgWeatherNet)

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