As Georgia Shivers, Florida Finds Sweet Spot With Early Peaches
March 13, 2015 | 1 min to read
The first peaches are ripe for harvest in Florida, bred to thrive where Mother Nature never intended the fruit to grow, alongside the state's signature rows of orange and grapefruit trees.
Peaches naturally belong in cooler climates such as Georgia, whose famous crop is just now poised to bloom, two months away from harvest.
Yet thanks to advances in fruit breeding techniques, Florida farmers have found a sweet spot with a subtropical peach that has seen the state's peach industry nearly double in size annually over the past four years.
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