Late start but better season for Texas peaches compared to last year
It’s anticipated that Texas peaches will have a better season for 2021.
This follows a challenging 2020 Texas peach season. “We had tremendous demand and a weak crop mid to late season last year so we didn’t have enough to meet the demand,” says Jamey Vogel of Vogel Orchard in Fredericksburg, TX. The region is part of Texas Hill Country where approximately 40 to 50 percent of the state’s peaches are grown. The varieties in the mid to late season were affected by limited winter chill and some peak season varieties produced only 25 to 30 percent of fruit last year. Vogel estimates the 2020 crop was only 40 percent of usual volumes and there were size issues as well.