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Tree Fruit Crops: Apples . Apples Are

Tree fruits grown in Texas include apples, pears, nectarines, plums, and peaches. Apples and pears are grown for roadside sales in the Hill Country region, with some commercial apple orchards in the High Plains. Nectarines are susceptible to brown rot. Plums and peaches are commercially produced for early roadside sales, with estimates of 250 acres of plums. Pests and diseases affecting these fruits include codling moth, stink bug, leafrollers, pear pyslla, quince rust, fire blight, brown rot, and bacterial spot.

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Tree Fruit Crops: Apples . Apples Are

Tree fruits grown in Texas include apples, pears, nectarines, plums, and peaches. Apples and pears are grown for roadside sales in the Hill Country region, with some commercial apple orchards in the High Plains. Nectarines are susceptible to brown rot. Plums and peaches are commercially produced for early roadside sales, with estimates of 250 acres of plums. Pests and diseases affecting these fruits include codling moth, stink bug, leafrollers, pear pyslla, quince rust, fire blight, brown rot, and bacterial spot.

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Tree Fruit

Crops
Apples*. Apples are
the most important temperate
zone tree fruit in the U.S.;
however, hail, weather, and
diseases limit production in
Texas. Plantings in the Hill
Country region are generally
for roadside sale along with
peaches. A few commercial
orchards in High Plains; some

. Wood is used in exotic


woodworking projects.
Diseases include mayhaw rust
and fire blight.

Pears*. Grown in
small plantings in association
with other tree crops for
roadside sales. Some
estimates exceed 700 acres.
Must be hand-harvested
before ripening. Insect pests
include codling moth, stink
bug, leafrollers, and pear
pyslla. Diseases include
quince rust, fire blight,

commercially in northern and


Pacific Northwest states but
no commercial production in
Texas. Some backyard
production (35 acres) and
medicinal use of bark by
herbalists.

Nectarine.
Originated as a mutant from
peach with smooth skin. Seed
is freestone or clingstone
(where pit adheres to flesh).
Susceptible to brown rot.

.
Post harvest rots
limit shelf-life. Smaller
acreages of other tree fruits
are grown with peaches for
.

Plums. Clingstone
types are commercially
produced in association with
peaches for early roadside
sales. Some estimates of 250
acres. Pests similar to those

Guides

Peaches

Peaches tend to do well in central and southern


Illinois. Most of the peach cultivars are not winter hardy so they cannot
survive cold winter temperatures in northern Illinois. The variety
suggested for northern Illinois is called 'Reliance.' The varieties
suggested for central Illinois are: Yellow fleshed varieties ('Comanche,'
'Madison,' and 'Reliance'); and White fleshed variety such as 'Belle of
Georgia.' The varieties recommended for southern Illinois can be
planted in favorable locations in central Illinois. The varieties suggested
for southern Illinois include yellow fleshed varieties 'Harbelle,'
'Redhaven,' 'Comanche,' 'Harken,' 'Golden Jubilee,' 'Madison,' or
'Cresthaven.' Most peach cultivars are self-fruitful. Plant standard trees
or cultivars grafted on St. Julian A dwarfing rootstock. Peaches tend to
have vigorous growth so the central part of the tree needs to be kept
open. They need more severe pruning as fruit is borne on one year old
shoots. Brown rot is a disease that attacks twigs and fruits of stone
fruits and peach leaf curl that attack the leaves are some of the
common diseases of peaches and they can be controlled by fungicide
spray. The other serious disease of peaches is bacterial spot

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