Glassboro, NJ – The NJ Peach Buyers Guide for 2015 has been dedicated to Mr. Dan Haynicz former owner and operator of Haynicz Bros Orchards in Monroeville Gloucester County, according to Santo John Maccherone, Chair of the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council (NJPPC), The Buyers Guide is an essential tool for retailers, wholesalers, distributors and any other entity dealing with Jersey-grown peaches. Topics cover storage and handling, hydrocooling, quality grading, peach and nectarine varieties and dates of availability. It also lists grower-packer members with the facilities and services they provide and sales contact information, as well as growers who sell directly to consumers.
Mr. Haynicz operated a fruit and vegetable with his wife Elinor and son William began their operation 1945 and started growing peaches in 1952. The Haynicz’s later expanded into direct marketing by opening the Orchardview Fruit Market near Monroeville. The retail business and the orchards continue to be operated by Mr. Haynicz’s son Bill and wife Kathy.
According to Mr. Maccherone, “Dan Haynicz served as Director of both the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council, and the National Peach Council.” “He also served as chair of the N. J. Peach Promotion Council and traveled to Washington on numerous occasions to lobby for peach growers and marketers, said Mr. Maccherone. “Mr. Haynicz participated in the New Jersey Peach Festival for many years and in 1999 was the recipient of the Governor’s Cup presented by New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Arthur R. Brown, for the best box of peaches in New Jersey,” said Jerry Frecon consultant to the NJPPC and editor of the Peach Buyers Guide.
Mr. Haynicz is a member of the Gloucester County Board of Agriculture, The New Farm Bureau, and the American Farm Bureau. He has served on the Pioneer Farm Credit Board Advisory Committee. In 1999 he received the Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award from the Gloucester County Board of Agriculture and in 2001 the Outstanding Fruit Grower Award from the New Jersey Horticultural Society for his leadership and contributions to the NJ Fruit Industry.
Dan and the late Elinor (Reese) Haynicz were married 63 years and have two children Betty Ann Huntsinger and Bill Haynicz plus many grand- and great-grandchildren.
“The NJPPC is honored to dedicate this year’s annual Peach Buyers Guide to Mr. Haynicz for his many contributions and leadership in his community, the agricultural industry, and the art and science of peach growing and marketing,” reiterated Mr. Maccherone.
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The New Jersey Peach Promotion Council is a non-profit voluntary organization of growers, shippers, wholesalers and associated industries dedicated to maintaining a viable peach industry in the Garden State for the purpose of preserving farmers and farmland; and to providing the highest quality and best tasting fresh peaches for consumers. New Jersey is the fourth largest peach producing state in the country, with approximately 80 orchards on 5,500 acres.
Source: The New Jersey Peach Promotion Council
