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 ...

GRAND JUNCTION (AP) – 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The closure of Del Monte Foods' two California canning plants has resulted in a projected $550 million loss for the region’s leading peach growers.

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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

An early spring has pushed peach trees into full bloom weeks ahead of schedule, but a coming cold snap — with morning lows forecast in the teens — is threatening both commercial orchards and backyard ...

If you're wanting to buy local Michigan peaches this year, good luck. There are not many to sell. Stover’s Farm Market in Berrien Springs doesn’t have any peaches available for buyers to pick ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... GRAND JUNCTION — A silent killer steadily encroaching on the most beloved of Western Slope fruit has moved into the crosshairs of peach growers and ...