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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 …

It appears that this year we will move directly from winter into summer.  With a chance of rain still in the forecast for the next few days it seems mother nature will do what she wants.  Early next week is predicted to be  sunny and in the 80’s with another chance of rain at the …

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 …

Tree Fruit Record setting heat is finally behind us as we cool off into the 90’s towards the end of this week.  The heat wave has slowed production a little, but the harvest that is coming off is still strong. Varieties Available Peach – Kaweah, Henry II & Summer Lady Nectarine – HMC Nectarine & …

Peaches Available Varieties Earli Rich Country Sweet Brittney Lane Future Varieties Vista Rich Lady *Variety Pictured – Earli Rich* Nectarines Available Varieties Rose Bright Diamond Bright June Bright Future Varieties Honey Blaze Spring Bright *Variety Pictured – June Bright* White Peaches Available Varieties Ivory Princess Ivory Queen Future Varieties Snow Jewel Snow Princess *Variety Pictured …

Peaches Moving into our larger sized peaches the end of this week with Earli Rich and Brittney Lane.  We will picking these varieties and a few others until mid June. Nectarines Current nectarines in production are Red Rose, Rose Diamond, Rose Bright, and Diamond Bright.  Brix and product quality are as good as we’ve ever …

Peaches Finishing up the last few picks of Zee Diamonds and Spring Flame 21’s this week.  Monday was our first pick of Crimson Lady, which is the largest peach variety to date. Nectarines Zee Fires should finish up by the end of this week.  Taking their place will be Rose Brights, Kay Glo, and Red …

Peaches This week we started picking our predominant peach varieties for this time of year, Spring Flame 21 and Zee Diamond.  Harvest will continue on these varieties into the middle of next week. Spring Flame 21                                          Zee Diamond Nectarines Zee Fire nectarines had their first pick early this week.  Harvest  will continue into the beginning …

Tree Fruit Update Early varieties have been thinned and will be ready to pick in about a months time.  Late varieties, on the other hand, are just beginning to be thinned and will finish up the end of next week. Table Grape Update Shoot thinning is a process in which one shoot per bud is …