New Jersey Peach Industry Facts

• Approximately 150 peach producers grow 8,000 acres of peaches in New Jersey.
  
  
• Over 40 peach shippers operate packinghouses capable of packing and marketing 75 million pounds of quality peaches.
  
  
• Yellow-flesh peaches are available from early July through mid to late September.
  
  
• White-flesh peaches are available from late July through mid September.
  
  
• Yellow-flesh nectarines are available from mid July through mid September.
  
  
• Peaches and nectarines are available in standard ½-bushel packs as well as various specialty packs.
  
  
• Most growers and packers market fruit through cooperatives, brokers, wholesalers, and commission merchants.
  
  
• Truckload quantities come from growers in the southern counties: Gloucester, Camden, Atlantic, Cumberland, and Salem.
  
  
• Smaller growers disbursed throughout the state grow and distribute peaches through roadside retail markets, farmers’ tailgate markets, and through many of New Jersey’s top restaurants.
  
  
• The industry works closely with the Jersey Fresh program to maximize awareness of the quality and availability of New Jersey peaches – New Jersey peaches are Jersey Fresh…As Fresh As Fresh Gets.
  
  
• New Jersey peaches have a distribution advantage in that peaches can be picked, packed, and shipped the same day reaching markets in the eastern U.S. the same day, or by the next morning via overnight transit.

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