They participated in farmer Mas Masumoto’s adopt-a-peach-tree program this ... of peaches this month. An Elberta peach tasting menu is available now through early September: peach and corn ...

Q: I have several Elberta peach trees that are growing like crazy but ... This variety requires 850 chill hours before blooming, and early blooming is not usually that much of a problem.

In the grand tradition of adoption â highways, children â Embarcadero restaurant Waterbar has assumed responsibility for a tree, a lovely Elberta peach ensconced at Masumoto Family Farm south of ...

Except for an occasional farmers market find, Elberta peaches have disappeared commercially. But the trees didn’t die a natural death. This variety of fresh peach fell out of favor, and ...

A second-generation farmer, Masumoto wants to be sure that the adopters who sign up to harvest the fruit from the certified organic Elberta peach or Le Grand nectarine ... It’s possible to adopt fruit ...

"The thing I have to sell is tree ... at The Peach Place, the farm Lagerstedt and his wife, Carol, run just east of Corvallis, at the north end of Electric Road. The "improved Elberta" variety ...

If a team is accepted, they pay an $850 fee to “adopt” an Elberta peach tree or $800 for a Le Grand ... over the farm from ...

Peach trees showing early stages of budding out in January ... 100 and ‘Dorsett Delicious’, 300 hours; while the variety ‘Elberta’ has 800-950 hours. Buds of ‘Elberta’ will stay ...

MARK CROSSE The Fresno Bee If you thought you missed out on Elberta peach season ... harvesting began about 10 days early. Some farmers are done picking while others have fruit for at least ...