- The term stone fruit
can be a synonym for "drupe" or, more typically, it can mean just the
fruit of the Prunus species. Many stone fruits contain sorbitol, which
can exacerbate conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome and fructose
malabsorption.
- Peaches, nectarines,
plums, apricots and cherries are called stone fruits because they have a
hard, stony pit. They can be eaten fresh, or saved for future enjoyment
by canning, preserving, freezing, or drying. Sour cherries are most
often used in pies.
- A drupe is a type of
fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin; and mesocarp, or
flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit or stone) of hardened endocarp with a
seed inside. These fruits develop from a single carpel, and mostly from
flowers with superior ovaries. The definitive characteristic of a drupe
is that the hard, lignified stone (or pit) is derived from the ovary
wall of the flower.
- Stone fruit production
in selected countries in 1998 is estimated at about 13.8 million tons, 2
percent below the 1997 output. Smaller stone fruit crops in 1998 in the
United States, Spain, France, Argentina, and Chile offset larger stone
fruit crops in China and Italy. Japan produced 20,800 metric tons of
sweet cherries in 2006, of
which the majority was a reddish-yellow type, similar to the U.S. grown
Rainier variety. - Generally there are two
types of apricot, namely, sweet kernel type and bitter kernel type. The
USA variety Nugget is self-fruitful and bears sweet and attractive
colored fruits. Many cultivars of sweet cherry have been introduced from
Europe, USSR and British Columbia.
- Peach is normally
grafted on wild peach seedlings, plum and even on apricot. Wild peach
produced healthy and high-yielding plants. For controlling tree size,
apricot rootstocks which impart dwarfing may be used. For harvesting
peach at the right time, the proper color development in fruits and pit
browning are considered as reliable guides.
- Low winter temperatures
hamper the growing of stone fruits in Northern States. Some fruit buds
of peaches, nectarines, and Japanese plums are usually killed by
temperatures below 0°F and a reduced crop results. Lower temperatures
damage or may kill the trees. European and native plums, cherries and
apricots are hardier in fruit bud and wood than peaches or Japanese
plums.
- Stone fruit trees
should not be planted in a low or frosty location, where frost damage to
blossoms and young fruits is probable. Moderately elevated ground or a
slope will provide the necessary air drainage. Temperatures below 30°F
will kill most fruits.
- In the Southern
Hemisphere, Chile is the major exporter of stone fruit. Of all selected
country stone fruit exports in 1998, peach and nectarine shipments
comprise more than a 70 percent share, by volume, followed by plums and
prunes at 17 percent. France, the United States, Italy, and Brazil are
major stone fruit importers, accounting for more than 60 percent of
selected country imports in 1998.
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General
Information
- Drupe
- Stone Fruit
- Stone Fruit Varieties
for Milder Climates
- Apples
Growing
Conditions
- Growing Fruit
Trees
- Growth Stages in Fruit
Trees
- Fruit and Shoot
Growth
- Growing Stone Fruits in
Minnesota Home Gardens
- Storage Temperatures
for Stone Fruits
- Clonal and Sanitary
Selection
- Climate Puts Limits on
What You Can Raise
- Dry Season
Information
Production of Stone
Fruits
- Stone Fruit Production
in the Home Garden
- Deciduous Fruit
Production in India
- The Stone Fruit
Industry in the Mediterranean Region
- Deciduous Fruit
Production in Asia and the Pacific
- Leaf Analysis for
Quality in Stone fruit
Pests Affecting
Stone Fruits
- Green June
Beetle
- Green stink bug
- Plum Curculio
- Japanese beetles
- Oriental Fruit
Moth
- Stethorus
Punctum
- Tarnished Plant
Bug
- Western Flower
Thrips
- Stone Fruit
Insects
Diseases affecting
Stone Fruits
- Black Knot of Stone
Fruits
- Common Diseases of
Stone Fruit
- Rust of stone
fruit
- Plum Pox Potyvirus
Disease of Stone Fruits
-
Apple Fruit
Diseases Appearing at Harvest
- Brown rot of Stone
Fruits
- Phytophthora Root and
Crown Rots
Control
Management
- Strategies to Control
Virus and Virus-like Diseases
- Avoiding Armillaria
Root Rot
- Nematode
Management
- Chemical Control of
Weeds
-
Insect
control for stone fruits in the home orchard
Company
Profiles
- Direct Produce Supplies
PLC
- Omega
Ingredients
- OSCGA
- Australian Pure
Fruits
- Whole Foods
Market
Consultants
- Index of Accredited
Consultant 'Qualified Persons'
- Expert Witness
- Consultants List
- Australian Culinary
Consultants
- Hugh Campbell
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Patent
- Process for Preparing
Powdered Fruit
- Postharvest Biological
Control of Stone Fruit Brown Rot by Bacillus Subtilis
- Method for
Decontaminating a Drupe
- Destoning and
Simultaneously Filling a Drupe
- Process for Inhibiting
Browning of Fruit
- Process for the
Production of Fruit Polyphenols from Unripe Rosaceae Fruit
Market
- Molecular Diagnostic
Techniques and their Potential Role in Stone Fruit
- Stone Fruit Situation
and Outlook in Selected Countries
- Postharvest Quality in
fresh Market Stone Fruits
- The U.S. and World
Situation: Stone Fruits
- Contribution of
Developing Countries to World Trade
- Stone Fruit Production
by State
- Tasmanian Stone Fruit
Industry
- Hong Kong Stone Fruit
Market Overview
- Evolving Global
Marketplace For Fruits and Vegetables
Report
- Chile Annual
Report
- Stone Fruits
Report
-
China,
Peoples Republic of Stone Fruit Annual Report
- Japan Annual
Report
-
Pest Risk
Analysis for Stone Fruit from New Zealand into Western
Australia
- Cornell Releases Four
New Stone Fruits
- Korea Fresh Stone Fruit
Report
Project
- Growing Cherries on
Dwarfing Rootstocks, Plums and Peaches as Alternate Crops
- Deciduous Fruit
Improvement And Protection From Disease Pests
- Producing and
Delivering Stone Fruits with High Consumer Acceptance
- Verticillium wilt in
tree species
Suppliers and
Buyers
- Frash World
International LLC
- Fresh Fruits
Company
- Grupo Nuevos
Mercados
- Rup
International
- Stargrow Nursery
- Peach Buyers
List
- Cherry Buyers
List
- Apple Buyers
List
Guides
-
Growing Minor
Stone Fruit in Montana
- Fresh Market Stone
Fruits
- Tree Fruit Production
Guide
- Orchard Spray
Guide
- Tree Fruit & Berry
Pathology
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