Good weather brings early peach crop to Illinois
“We’re running a little early this season, anywhere from 10 days to 2 weeks ahead of schedule,” said Mike Flamm.
While his peaches are earlier, Flamm also reports that the quantity and quality of the crop is “pretty good” thanks to so well-timed and favourable weather conditions.
University of Illinois Extension educator Nathan Johanning shared a similar observation about running one to two weeks early but added that the weather has yielded a bonus in less disease pressure.
“So far with over all dry conditions, brown rot has not been nearly as bad this year as it has in the past few years when we had a very wet July,” Johanning wrote.
The result is a crop year that’s expected to hit favourable numbers for quantity and quality. While of the peaches spotted at area farmers markets were topping softball size, the flavour stuck with them.
source: agrinews-pubs.com
