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	Stone fruit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon.
		Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools; -- called also flint age.
		Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's throw from each other.
	dictionaries.cc /Stone_fruit (1870 words)

	Stone fruit - Site selection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Stone fruit can be grown in many parts of Queensland, but the success of an orchard depend largely on the suitability of the planting site.
		Stone fruit require a period of winter cold to break dormancy, and this is of particular significance in coastal areas.
		Stone fruit are susceptible to a number of root diseases which can be present in old orchard land, old vegetable land and natural bush.
	www.dpi.qld.gov.au /horticulture/5116.html (833 words)

	Stone Fruit Insects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The most serious pest of stone fruit Crops is the peach tree borer, which tunnels under the bark of the lower trunk.
		The peach tree borer (Synanthedon exitiosa) is the key pest of stone fruits grown in Colorado.
		Eggs are laid in some of the fruit and the young beetle grubs develop on the pit of the fruit.
	www.ext.colostate.edu /pubs/insect/05520.html (1844 words)

	Cool Handling- Stone Fruit Internal Breakdown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Stone fruit internal breakdown is a condition that is extremely off putting to the consumer.
		Market research by the stone fruit industry has found that consumers who were unhappy with their purchase would not buy again for up to 6 weeks.
		Consumers are not aware that the reason the stone fruit is of poor quality is because of incorrect temperature control, and may put it down to a "bad season" or even chemical usage as suggested in the letter to a newspaper shown below.
	www.sardi.sa.gov.au /coolchai/fact/ib.htm (1708 words)

	Brown Rot of Stone Fruits, HYG-3009-94 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Fruit infections appear as soft brown spots which rapidly expand and produce a tan powdery mass of conidia.
		Although the flesh of young fruit is very susceptible to brown rot infection, the fruit has such a tough skin that the germ tubes of the summer spores do not normally penetrate.
		Fruit should be cooled and refrigerated (as close to 32 degrees F as possible) immediately after harvest.
	ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/3000/3009.html (924 words)

	Pruning stone fruit trees Colorado State University Tri River Area
		Pruning stone fruit trees is based on the growth and fruiting habit of the tree.
		The fruit of an apricot is borne on short fruiting spurs as well as toward the tip of last year's shoot growth.
		The bulk of the fruit is borne on spurs.
	www.colostate.edu /Depts/CoopExt/TRA/PLANTS/pruningstonefruittrees.html (2016 words)

	ID-93: Midwest Tree Fruit Pest Management Handbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		For example, stone fruit trees do not tolerate “wet feet.” Because of their relatively early blooming, stone fruit trees are susceptible to late spring frosts.
		Fruit should be harvested at the appropriate stage of maturity for its intended use.
		Fruit may be blemished by the egg-laying punctures made by the female near the bottom of the fruit.
	www.ca.uky.edu /agc/pubs/id/id93/ch_2.htm (6370 words)

	Brown Rot of Stone Fruit - Tree Fruit & Berry Pathology
		Susceptibility to blossom blight is variable among the stone fruit with apricot being the most susceptible, followed by prune, sweet cherry, peach, sour cherry, and plum, respectively.
		Mummied fruit and cankers should be pruned during the dormant season and either burned or buried deeply in the soil.
		Fruit are very susceptible to infection 1-3 weeks after shuck split, so shuck split and first cover sprays are important, especially in wet weather.
	www.nysaes.cornell.edu /pp/extension/tfabp/brstone.shtml (1307 words)

	The Wine News Magazine - Stone Fruit - Refreshing Interpretations from Soups to Sorbets
		Stone fruits, with their naturally vibrant qualities, offer indisputable rewards when eaten fresh from the orchard.
		Stone fruits are the building blocks for complex dishes - salads, soups, salsas, chutneys and sauces - that appear well before the dessert course.
		Stone fruits mature slowly under these conditions - as do grapes - developing rich, full, finely balanced flavors that are missing from crops rushed to ripeness in hotter regions.
	www.thewinenews.com /augsep03/cuisine.asp (4789 words)

	Nectarines starring at Foreign Cinema / Stone fruit can play wide range of roles
		As might be expected, the fruit stars in desserts, especially a nectarine- flberry crisp that captures the essence of summer.
		Pirie's nectarine repertoire goes on and on: She pairs the fruit with assertive greens like frisee in salads that may be garnished with toasted walnuts and blue cheese, and she dips it in beignet batter to make lacy fritters that get finished with a drizzle of honey.
		The fruit, which is not, as often believed, a cross between peaches and plums, is a genetic variant of the peach first cultivated in China.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/14/FDGH07J8UA1.DTL (1068 words)

	DPIWE - Industry Profile - Stone Fruit
		The growth in investment in stone fruits in Tasmania is highlighted by tree planting statistics, derived from a grower survey conducted by the State’s peak industry body, the Tasmanian Stone Fruit Association.
		Cherries and apricots are the main stone fruit crops grown in Tasmania.
		Stone fruits, and in particular cherries, are capital intensive industries with establishment costs per hectare ranging from $40,000 to $60,000 (trees, irrigation, land preparation, machinery).
	www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au /inter/nsf/WebPages/EGIL-5HU8FF?open (2075 words)

	Stone Fruits: Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, Apricots, and Cherries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		They commonly are referred to as “stone fruits” because the seed is very large and hard.
		Although stone fruit crops can provide delicious fruit from June through September, most stone fruits are native to warmer climates of the world and therefore are very susceptible to injury from low winter temperatures.
		Because of this, the backyard culture of stone fruits is more difficult than that of apples or pears.
	ssfruit.cas.psu.edu /chapter5/chapter5a.htm (202 words)

	Drupe -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		These fruits develop from a single (A simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil) carpel, and mostly from (A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms) flowers with superior ovaries.
		Drupes, with their sweet, fleshy outer layer, attract the attention of animals as a (Any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment) food, and the plant population benefits from the resulting dispersal of its seeds.
		In an aggregate fruit composed of individual small drupes, each individual is called a drupelet.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/dr/drupe.htm (173 words)

	Fruit AOE Bud Stage Reference -- Stone Fruit
		Stone fruits are all the members of the genus Prunus, cherries and their allies.
		Below are the varieties that are used to track the development of these fruit during the growing season.
		Below that is another table with a generalized discription of fruit growth throught the season.
	web1.msue.msu.edu /fruit/stonegrw.htm (318 words)

	Pest of the month - Brown rot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		You know that fruit trees have brown rot when you see dry, shriveled up old brown "mummified" in among your peaches, plums, nectarines and other stone fruit.
		Fruit set can occur but later in the season you'll see the brown "mummies" as they are called, hanging on to the plant or fallen on the ground below.
		Remove the fruit with the stalk and even some of the stem of the plant if it is badly affected.
	www.theveggielady.com /pests/brownrot.asp (492 words)

	Home Fruit Production - Stone Fruit
		Since most fruit trees bear fruit on wood that grew the previous year, this wood is regrown from year to year.
		Removing excess fruit is necessary to ensure satisfactory development of the remaining fruit and to prevent limb breakage and shortened tree life from overcropping.
		The greatest consistency in fruiting is on trees planted near buildings, although it is not uncommon to have yearly fruiting on certain trees growing in the open.
	aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /extension/homefruit/stone/stone.html (1656 words)

	Stone fruit shippers shift to systems approach
		Oriental fruit moth is not found in British Columbia, and in the past, Northwest producers have had to fumigate fruit with methyl bromide before shipping it there.
		Three hundred fruit per orchard block must be cut and examined for larvae, and if a larva is found, the block is ineligible to export to British Columbia for the rest of the season.
		At the packing house, inspectors must cut 300 fruit per day from the culls of each grower lot intended to be shipped to British Columbia, and at least one percent of the containers must be inspected, and at least two fruit in those boxes must be cut.
	www.goodfruit.com /link/Mar15-01/feature6.html (607 words)

	Stone Fruit Growing in Australia
		Stone fruits are characterised by the seed at their centre.
		Apricots, peaches, and plums are examples of commonly known stone fruit.
		The Industry A0116 - Stone Fruit Growing in Australia ranks 472 out of 496 by industry turnover and its life cycle is in a mature phase, which means that the industry is generally growing at at the same rate as the economy.
	www.marketresearch.com /redirect.asp?productid=1093151&progid=3603 (239 words)

	Coryneum Blight of Stone Fruit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Coryneum blight is a common disease of apricots and peaches that sometimes occurs on sweet cherries.
		It disfigures the fruit and on peaches it also causes severe cankers on the branches.
		It may also affect leaves, buds, and blossoms, but the reduction of fruit quality and death of shoots and branches is usually most serious.
	fruit.wsu.edu /Diseases/cblight.htm (447 words)

	Stone Fruit
		Stone fruits all have hard pits at their center and include peaches, plums, cherries, and apricots.
		Most stone fruit species, including peaches and sweet cherries, are sensitive to winter injury and, even if they survive, bloom before the danger of killing spring frosts is past.
		Stone fruit species include European and hybrid plums, apricots, cherry plums, tart cherries, sand cherries, and Nanking cherries.
	www.becomehealthynow.com /category/foodfactsstone (210 words)

	cuisine.co.nz - food - it's stone-fruit season
		This fruit is in a league of its own.
		I love the winey taste of berries and the scented, exotic flavours of tropical fruit, along with the yielding texture and sugary tartness of stone-fruit.
		- Halve and stone your favourite stone-fruit and grill or barbecue until well browned and hot (they do not need to be soft), toss them in brown sugar and serve with cream.
	www.cuisine.co.nz /index.cfm?pageID=11340 (844 words)

	NY Stone Fruit School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Stone fruit growers from New York and neighboring provinces and states are invited to attend.
		The event is being sponsored by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, the Statewide Fruit Program Committee, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the NYS Horticultural Society.
		Registration for the fruit school may be made by calling Dr. Andersen at 315-787-2235.
	www.nysaes.cornell.edu /pubs/press/1998/stone_fruit.html (417 words)

	Brown Rot of Stone Fruit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Greatest losses are from blossom blight and destruction of fruit in the orchard, in transit, and in storage.
		Fungicide sprays prior to harvest are necessary during wet weather to control fruit rot on cherries, peaches, apricots, and nectarines.
		Bruising of fruit during harvest should be avoided, and the fruit should be kept cool until it reaches market..
	www.fruit.wsu.edu /Diseases/stbrownrot.htm (754 words)

	SACOA - Pome & Stone Fruit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The use of spray oils for pest management in pome and stone fruit is a practice that offers significant economic and environmental potential.
		This document outlines these differences and provides a practical guide to their safe and effective use in pome and stone fruit orchards.
		Fruit marking and leaf damage have been seen with some traditional summer oil applications in the past.
	www.sacoa.com.au /pomestone.htm (1431 words)

	Stone fruit protocol improved
		While this is time-consuming, producers prefer it to fumigation, which shortens the quality and shelf life of stone fruit.
		Previously, 300 fruit had to be cut in the orchard, as well as 300 per grower lot each day at the packing house.
		While a reduction in the number of fruit that must be cut is welcome news, the biggest logjam to the program is timely inspections of loads in British Columbia.
	www.goodfruit.com /link/July-01/special3.html (465 words)

	New Plants for Florida: Stone Fruit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Peach, nectarine, plum, apricot and cherry are called "stone fruit" because of their central hard pit.
		Florida's low-chill stone fruit breeding program was initiated in the early 1950s and has succeeded thanks to two plant breeders, Ralph Sharpe and Wayne Sherman.
		Development of a subtropical sweet cherry is less promising than that of the other stone fruits, but a low-chill selection of interspecific hybridization has been crossed with sweet cherry and the resulting seedlings may produce a home garden variety.
	edis.ifas.ufl.edu /AG209 (746 words)

	Drupe : Stone fruit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A drupe is a fruit in which an outer fleshy part contains a shell with a seed inside.
		A drupelet is one unit of an aggregate fruit which has the structure of a drupe.
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	www.city-search.org /st/stone-fruit.html (391 words)

	Northeast Stone Fruit Sponsors hopes to strengthen industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Northeast Stone Fruit Sponsors (NESFS) was formed at the New York State Horticultural Society’s annual meeting in January to provide information to Northeast fruit growers so they can profitably grow and market stone fruit.
		Activities for 1999 include cataloging stone fruit test plots located in the Northeast, organizing a stone fruit school in November and arranging summer tours to see stone fruit at harvest.
		The impetus behind NESFS was the Stone Fruit School held in Geneva, N.Y., last winter that was attended by 60 growers from all over the Northeast.
	www.virtualorchard.net /glfgn/mar99/stonefruit.html (518 words)

	stone fruit iatr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The United States is a major exporter of stone fruits, shipping to more than 40 countries annually.
		Peaches and nectarines account for 45 percent of the volume of annual U.S. stone fruit exports, followed by plums and prunes at 30 percent, cherries at 20 percent, and apricots at 5 percent.
		Overcoming these barriers and further reducing tariffs will become increasingly important to U.S. stone fruit producers, particularly those located in the principal producing and exporting areas of California and the Pacific Northwest.
	www.fas.usda.gov /htp2/highlights/2000/IATR/stonefrt.htm (474 words)

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