Location: Fruit and Tree Nut Research
Title: A glimpse of Byron peaches in 2025Author
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Chen, Chunxian |
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Submitted to: University of Georgia Peach Blog
Publication Type: Popular Publication Publication Acceptance Date: 9/25/2025 Publication Date: 9/25/2025 Citation: Chen, C. 2025. A glimpse of Byron peaches in 2025. University of Georgia Peach Blog. Interpretive Summary: Technical abstract only Technical Abstract: Byron peaches in 2025 were somewhat different and special due to distinct environmental conditions and unexpected reduced sprays. A few observations are summarized in this article. This summer was hot and rainy. Pesticide sprays in Byron were partially carried out. Fruit started to rot earlier than any year with a full regular spray schedule. Many genotypes showed varying degrees of premature fruit rot and drop, but most peaches still produced sufficient healthy ripe fruit for evaluation whereas most nectarines did not. The situation facilitated identifying genotypes with a full crop of healthy ripe fruit, which might be truly tolerant to brown rot or at least presumably possess some rot-limiting factors. Peach fruit set in Byron was like last year and generally heavy with smaller average fruit sizes and great variations on selection and cultivar trees evaluated. Likewise, the data collected this year would continue to help monitor the performance of those well-sized selections with commercially desired cropping load and little need for manual thinning. |