Good Fruit Grower

SUMMER FRUITS SUMMER FRUITS JULY 2014 www.goodfruit.com VOL. 65, NO. 12

• Cover
• Niche market - Plums have a summer market niche, but few growers have them.
• Trees in a sandbox - Peach growing practices are transformed by solid California research.
• New peach textures - Future breeders have the tools to make ideal peaches.
• Low chill hurts California cherry crop - Lack of winter tule fog impacted fruit set
• More than cherries - Diverse operations enable a California cherry packer to spread overhead and retain key employees.
• Organic pioneer - Mike Naylor has grown organic stone fruit for 30 years.
• Stone fruit farm stay - Guests learn about stone fruit farming while staying with the Naylors.
• Peaches inhibit cancer - Scientists found that consumption of peach polyphenolics slowed tumor growth.
• Scientist work on paper-wasp lure - Though often confused with yellowjackets, paper wasps do not respond to the same bait.
• Leaf removal benefits - Early leaf removal could change cluster structure.
• First Bite
• Good job
• In The Box
• Quick Bites
• Good to Go
• Good Stuff
• Advertiser Index
• Good Deals
• Classified
• Last Bite - Peter Martini
• How to grow Cosmic Crisp