After last year's devastating harvest with no peaches or cherries across most of Green Bluff, those trees are now filled with buds like never before, signaling a great crop this summer! "This year, ...

Colorado State University is launching a new tool in Orchard Mesa, among other places, that predicts peach floral buds’ survival rates based on their stage in the growth cycle and real-time weather ...

Understanding how flower buds survive winter and resume growth in spring is crucial for fruit production, especially as climate change alters seasonal temperature patterns. This study maps the ...

Lawton Pearson remembers 2017 for its spring of stillness. The azaleas didn’t bloom, neither did some of the rye, and above all, his peach buds failed to bear fruit. He hadn’t seen anything like it in ...