Richard Robnett Jr. holds a ripe peach from McDonald Peach Orchard. After nearly 20 years, Marge “The Peach Lady” McDonald announced that her peach orchard in Apple Valley broke a record by selling ...

Don’t be alarmed at the stumps in the peach orchard at the corner of Silverado Trail and Deer Park Road – St. Helena’s favorite peaches will still be for sale next year and well into the future. Out ...

Apple Valley’s McDonald Peach Orchard has reopened after the recent heat wave allowed more of the fruit to ripen on the property near the Mojave River. Orchard owner Marge “The Peach Lady” McDonald, ...

After nearly two decades, the tradition of picking “Freestone Last Chance Pilgrim Peaches” at Marge “The Peach Lady” McDonald’s orchard is more than likely coming to an end. Last year, McDonald, 84, ...

Central Valley peach growers lost contracts for roughly 50,000 tons of cling peaches in the fallout from the Del Monte Food bankruptcy.

ST. HELENA — Don’t be alarmed at the stumps in the peach orchard at the corner of Silverado Trail and Deer Park Road – St. Helena’s favorite peaches will still be for sale next year and well into the ...

By this time of year, Richard Lial’s Escalon peach trees – bursting with pink-white blossoms – should have been pruned. Soon the blooms would need spraying, and he would feed all 105 acres with the ...

As a bout of cold spring weather dropped temperatures in the Philadelphia region below freezing overnight Wednesday, fires dotted Linvilla Orchards in Middletown Township, Pennsylvania, as workers ...

This story is part of the series Finding Middle Ground: Conversations Across America. It was also published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. MUSELLA, Georgia — Three generations of Robert Lee ...

A silent killer steadily encroaching on the most beloved of Western Slope fruit has moved into the crosshairs of peach growers and researchers. It's a fungus so widespread that every orchard in the ...