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The forecast for Kingsburg is below.  There are no storms in the foreseeable future but that can quickly change.  We will get started on peaches and nectarines in the next couple weeks and will have load volume by the week of May 28th.  White peaches should start the last week of May and white nectarines …

Hail hit a large percentage of the stone fruit crop last Wednesday.  Rain continued through Friday, cleared up on Saturday and the predictions for this week are clear skies and warm weather.  There has been significant damage; we probably haven’t seen this much damage since the last big hail storm in 1982.  As the season …

Many tree fruit varieties do not grow from their own seed. They are propagated by grafting plant material from the desired variety onto a specially bred rootstock. The rootstock is root system and usually the bottom two to three inches of the trunk. Just as picking tree fruit or pruning trees, grafting is also a …

Flavorosa & Flavorich are commonly known as plums within the industry but are technically branded as pluots by the nursery. While some pluots like the Dapple Dandy and Flavor Grenade follow common characteristics of a pluot, many other plums are being thrown into the pluot category that do not have any special characteristics. If it …

Stone fruit season is right around the corner, and things have been heating up in the Valley.  It doesn’t appear things will stay hot for long, but if they do the season could be coming even sooner then anticipated.  What does this mean for the fruit if things continue this direction?  A large increase of …

Researchers at St Andrews and Bristol Universities have found that carrots and plums could make one more attractive in just two months. Experts claim that eating heavily pigmented fruits such as carrots and plums could make you more attractive. Researchers found that people with a yellow skin tone appear particularly healthy and attractive — and …

Over the last few years the tree fruit industry has seen some drastic changes in growers, shippers and marketing companies. Separation continues to widen between progressive, growing companies and those struggling to stay in business. Read on to make sure your suppliers are in check for the long haul. 1. Does your supplier have consistent …

Summer is here. Below is the forecast for this month. Click here for the Kingsburg, CA forecast for June. We are now into great tasting, peak season varieties here at HMC Farms. Current and upcoming varieties: Peach – Zee Diamond, Spring Flame 22 and Crimson Lady Nectarines – Red Roy and Rose Bright White Peach …

Tree Fruit Below are variety pictures taken on 5/4/2010 of product at their current maturity, along with estimated start dates for early season tree fruit.   Peach Spring Flame 20 – 5/15 Nectarine Zee Fire – 5/24   White Peach Spring Snow – 5/31 White Nectarine Arctic Star – 6/5 Black Plum Flavorosa – 6/1 Red …

The way we see it, the industry volume should be similar to last year. The overall plum crop is hit and miss with light volume on some varieties and full volume on others. Around mid May we should start our tree ripened varieties that are similar in taste to our mid season peaches and nectarines. …