The good news is peach trees at Vernon’s Davison Orchard survived the harsh winter.
The bad news is, the fruit buds did not.
In a video update of how the trees are doing after a bitter cold snap last winter, Tom Davison said there are no fruit buds on the trees this year, but the trees themselves responded well to being heavily pruned in the spring.
Depending on what happens this winter, saving the trees could mean a crop next year.
“It was obvious early on the fruit buds were frozen,” Davison said adding they are doing everything they can to “perk the tree up because we know it has had a lot of damage from those winter temperatures.”
Fruits like peaches and plums are appearing on South Okanagan fruit stands, despite Okanagan farmers not growing any due to extreme weather this year.
Farmers who want product on their shelves are being forced to sell U.S. stone fruits, many of whom are doing so for the first time this year.
While Davison Orchard is well know for its abundant and varied apple crop, the farm also grows a variety of vegetables.
“There are 70 acres of tree fruits and another 60 or 70 acres of vegetable crop,” Davison said, adding they grow sweet corn, melons, tomatoes and a variety of other produce.
“That’s the amazing thing about the North Okanagan, there are so many crops you can grow.”
Davison said crops, like tomatoes, are actually a little bit behind where they normally would be at this time of year because of “the cold and wet May and June” but the plants are healthy and covered in flowers which will grow into tomatoes.
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