Most peach varieties would never produce peaches in Florida because Florida doesn’t provide the required colder temperatures during winter while the tree is dormant. Lack of sufficient chilling ...

Thanks to decades of cross-breeding at the University of Florida, peach trees can now grow in the Florida subtropics. That has inspired Florida citrus farmers to start planting peaches to ...

"We've come to the realization that these trees are very, very temperamental," Morales said. Florida Peechy's are grown by the Treasure Coast Peach Company. The growing schedule allows Florida ...

Their latest planting happened on April 13, when Moriaty led volunteers in adding four trees — an Olympian fig, a Lady papaya, a Florida Prince Peach and a black sapote — to a vacant corner ...

According to the University of Florida, climate-start breeding and refining orchard management is what the state's stone ...