Texas fruit production down due to low chill hours, late freeze

  • PEACHES AND many other temperate fruits in Texas require cool winter conditions to grow into viable crops. Photo courtesy of Hannah Harrison/ Texas A&M AgriLife
    PEACHES AND many other temperate fruits in Texas require cool winter conditions to grow into viable crops. Photo courtesy of Hannah Harrison/ Texas A&M AgriLife

    The combination of a late freeze and a lack of chill hours will likely lead to reduced fruit yields across the state, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.

    Tim Hartmann, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension statewide fruit specialist and assistant professor in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Horticultural Sciences, has been connecting with fru…