Volume 51 Number 4 Article 39
Year 1997 Month 10
Title: USDA Stone Fruit Breeding in the Southeastern United States
Author: W.R. Okie
Abstract:
The Southeast produces about one-third of the freestone peaches in the US. The USDA breeding program
formerly at Fort Valley and now at Byron, GA has been the major source of varieties for this industry.
The
program began in 1937, and has released 30 peach and 3 nectarine varieties, plus 2 peach rootstocks.
These
varieties have been the mainstay of southeastern peach production.
As state breeding programs have been curtailed, the USDA program will be increasingly important in providing the industry with competitive varieties.
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