November 2011 Issue

South Carolina peach breeder wants better peaches, faster

Ksenija Gasic heads Clemson University’s peach-breeding program, which was recently revived after a 25-year hiatus. Richard Lehnert One of the great things about being a peach breeder in a new peach breeding program is no hangover—nothing left, no seedlings to evaluate, no big shoes to fill. That’s the situation Dr. Ksenija Gasic finds herself in. She came to Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, in 2008 to restart a peach breeding program that had been dormant for 25 years. That upside is also a downside. Since it takes about three years from seeds to fruit, just this year she began […]

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November 1, 2011

Stone fruits, Research, Richard Lehnert

Richard Lehnert

After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index

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