The stone fruit crop in California is progressing well. The storms that impacted California over the past month seem to have left no damaging affect on the crops. The set looks good for almost every type of variety in the state. The main challenge some growers are facing is the need for labor to thin […]
Archives for March 2016
California Strawberry 3-31-2016
The fresh market strawberry crop in California is running behind in volume compared to the last four years according to statistics from USDA published on the California Strawberry Commission’s website. The removal of acreage, along with a slower start to the season, has left the volume much lower this year than last year. The heavy […]
California Pear 3-18-2016
Pear orchards in the Sacramento area of California are currently out in full bloom. They began blooming just prior to the large weather events that California experienced in early March. The bloom does not look very strong in Bartlett pear blocks in that district. The trouble that the growers had last season with Fire Blight, […]
California Strawberry 3-18-2016
The California strawberry 2016 processing crop through the week ending March 12 has had more fruit delivered year to date in the juice grade category than in the previous five years. The volume received last week accounts for half of the volume received so far this year. The expected volume for the current week will […]
California Cherry Crop 3-18-2016
The California cherry bloom that is currently out looks very good. Cherry trees in California have been blooming in areas around the state for the past three weeks. During part of that time there were heavy rains in the growing districts which could hamper the set of the crop for trees that were out in […]
