COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Sub
zero temperatures on Jan. 19 killed
anany fruiting buds on peach trees
throughout western Maryland, and
a below-freezing cold snap on the
nights of April B and 9 nipped some
of the early-blooming peaches in
southern Maryland and the
Eastern Shore.
The pre-Easter cold front also
wiped out most of the apncot and
sweet cherry crop in home gardens
in central Maryland. And it may
also have hit hard on gooseberries
and other early-blooming bush
fruits.
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Cold snaps nip Md. fruit in bud
But the over-all effect of the
double-barreled cold-weather
shock was probably more
beneficial than harmful for central
Maryland peach growers, noted
Christopher S. Walsh, Extension
fruits specialist and assistant
professor of horticulture at the
Umversity of Maryland in College
Park.
Walsh explained that “even with
30 to 50 percent of the flower buds
killed, you can still have a good
peach crop. In fact, the cold
weather this winter and spring will
save commercial growers some
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expense of bud thinning.”
He notes that—next to apples—
peaches are by far the most im
portant tree fruit crop in
Maryland. They are also much
more susceptible to cold weather
damage than apples are.
Heaviest peach damage this past
winter occurred on weaker trees
and those in exposed locations, the
Maryland Extension specialist
reported. The extreme cold
temperatures also caused some
trunk splitting.
Blake and Lonng trees, the least
hardy peach varieties, suffered
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almost total fruit bud kill this past
winter in the western panhandle of
the state, where most of the
commercial orchards are located.
Early-blooming peaches probably
were hit hardest by the early April
cold weather on the Eastern Shore.
Other than peaches and apricots,
Walsh said there appears to have
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been little cold-weather damage to
fruit trees and small fruits this
year in Maryland. Possible ex
ceptions might be isolated in
stances of damage to thornless
blackberries and to early bloomers
like gooseberries and certain
cherry varieties.