Press Releases 2010
A recent study performed at Texas A&M University revealed that peaches and plums may present an even sweeter, juicier treat in their ability to fight breast cancer. According to research scientists Dr. Luis Cisneros-Zevallos and Dr. David Byrne from AgriLife Research at Texas A&M, extracts found in commercial varieties of peaches and plums have been shown to kill breast cancer cells while not harming normal cells. The AgriLife research scientists identified two phenolic compounds within the Rich Lady peach and Black Splendor plum that are responsible for killing the cancer cells. Phenols are organic compounds that occur in fruits and may affect traits such as aroma, taste or color. Stone fruits such as peaches and plums have especially high levels of phenols.
SUN VALLEY ORCHARDS WINS GOVERNORS CUP NEW JERSEY PEACH FESTIVAL July 23, 2010 - Sun Valley Orchards near Swedesboro, N.J. was the winner of the Governor’s Cup at the 2010 New Jersey Peach Festival. Sun Valley’s winning box was the variety John Boy in the 2¾” and up size category. The Marino family was presented the cup by New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Doug Fisher, on Friday evening, July 23rd, at the awards ceremony and growers reception at the Gloucester County 4-H Fairgrounds, 275 Bridgeton Pike in, Mullica Hill, New Jersey. Click here to read more...
PARTYING FOR PEACHES.....JERSEY-GROWN PEACHES CELEBRATED WITH 'PEACH PARTIES' ACROSS THE STATE Clayton, NJ (July 15, 2010) -- Since the 1600's, when peaches were first grown in New Jersey, the 'fairest fruit of summer' has been gaining fans. Yellow, white, flat "donut" and nectarines have been eaten raw, grilled, baked in pies and cobblers and preserved for the seasons without them through canning, freezing and turning into jellies. With consumers increasingly nutrition-conscious, peaches are seen as not only juicy and delicious, but also nutritious. A medium-size peach has only 35 calories, with 2.6 grams of fiber, 333 mg of potassium, antioxidants Vitamins A & C and other important vitamins and minerals. Click here to read more...
PEACH FACTS FOR KIDS...WHEN DID PEOPLE START EATING PEACHES? HOW DID PEOPLE PRESERVE PEACHES?
NEW JERSEY PEACH PROMOTION COUNCIL
EARLY SPRING PEACH BLOSSOMS MADE GOOD JERSEY PEACH CROP Clayton, NJ (Apr 21, 2010) -- “It was a good winter for peaches -- not too cold but just right to foster an abundance of flower buds on New Jersey’s peach trees,” says Jerry Frecon, agricultural agent with Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension, Gloucester County. “Early blooming trees took many growers by surprise, but our trees know when it is time to wake up, flower, and begin producing tiny peaches." Click here to read more...
AUGUST IS JERSEY FRESH PEACH MONTH! Clayton, NJ (April 13, 2010) -- To raise public awareness of how really good New Jersey’s locally grown peaches are and build wholesale and retail sales, the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council (PPC) last year launched a hugely successful series of “Peach Parties” during the month of August at farmers markets, farm stands, supermarkets and restaurants. Fifteen farmers markets and 28 restaurants throughout the state held “Peach Party” events of one or more days that month. This year, the PPC wants to expand the promotion, seeking additional farmers markets, supermarkets, festivals and growers to come in under the “Peach Party” umbrella. Click here to read more... GLOUCESTER COUNTY’S PEACH BLOSSOMS BLOOM EARLY CLAYTON NJ (April 7, 2010) -- Washington, D.C. has its cherry blossoms and Gloucester County has its peach blossoms. As temperatures rise, pretty pink and light red pink blossoms are opening in all their splendor. Gloucester County is the number one peach-producing county in New Jersey and one of the major ones in the United States. Approximately 4600 acres of peach trees come alive each April with a variety of small to large showy and non-showy pink blossoms. Click here to read more...
2009 FOR KIDS...WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PEACHES?
FACTS: NEW JERSEY PEACH INDUSTRY
COOL LATE SUMMER NIGHTS YIELD LATE-RIPENING JUICY JERSEY PEACHES Clayton, NJ (September 17, 2009) – The weather was quirky this summer, but it was good for locally grown Jersey Fresh peaches and nectarines.....so good, in fact, that growers have reaped a late crop of fresh, juicy, nutritious Jersey peaches, ripe for the picking (or purchasing) throughout September. Click here to read more...
HOW MANY PEACHES IN A POUND? Sewell/Gloucester County Fair, NJ (July 29, 2009) – Just one, if you weigh the biggest peach judged at this year’s Gloucester County Fair and Peach Festival. Moods Orchards, Mullica Hill, captured top place for the. “biggest peach,” weighing in at .97 pounds. Normally, a pound consists of three to four peaches. The largest peach so far grown in New Jersey, several years ago, weighed in at nearly 1 ½ pounds. Click here to read more...
ABUNDANT, NEAR-PERFECT PEACHES FOR ‘PEACH PARTIES’ ACROSS NEW JERSEY Clayton, NJ (July 20, 2009) – Long awaited, eagerly anticipated—New Jersey’s mouth-watering peaches are here now. They’re juicy from early summer rains, and perfectly blushed with golden undertones from three weeks of sunshine. And, they’re earlier than usual, showing up now in farmers markets; soon to be in supermarkets. According to the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council, the state’s primary source for selecting and handling peaches, this year’s crop is just what consumers should be looking for. Click here to read more...
JERSEY FRESH PEACH PARTY 2009 NEW JERSEY’S PEACH CROP IS ONE OF THE BEST EVER Short Hills, NJ (July 8, 2009) -- New Jersey’s peaches are considered by connoisseurs to be among the very best in the country. And this year’s crop is as near perfect as it gets—glowing color, sweet, juicy – and abundant. Cool spring and summer rains produced juicy fruit; sunshine, just when needed, is ripening fruit to the colors of a glorious morning sunrise, all peachy gold. Click here to read more...
CELEBRATE JERSEY-FRESH PEACH SEASON--Late July-September Garden-State grown...nutritious... delicious...Simply the Best Look for Jersey-Fresh Peaches at farmers’ markets, grocery stores, farm stands and pick-your own farms Celebrate “Jersey-Fresh Peach Month” during August at restaurants, community farmers markets, orchards and supermarkets throughout New Jersey. Go to www.jerseypeaches.com for:
NOT JUST ‘ANY PEACH’....’A JERSEY FRESH PEACH!’ “Jersey Fresh Peach Month” in August will be a public celebration of this wonderful fruit, with “Peach Parties” across New Jersey. The New Jersey Peach Promotion Council is launching a state-wide promotion to raise public awareness of the goodness and nutritional value of our own. Click here to read more... RESTAURANTS AND FARMERS MARKETS ACROSS NEW JERSEY JOINING CLAYTON, NJ, (May 18, 2009) -- The New Jersey Peach Promotion Council’s Jersey Fresh Peach Party will celebrate its third season throughout August -- “Jersey Fresh Peach Month” -- with expanded restaurant participation, newly introduced farmers’ market participation and a peach and tomato tasting, on August 18th at Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center Farm, Upper Deerfield near Bridgeton. In several instances, farmers market and restaurants are working together to showcase peach delicacies created by local chefs. Click here to read more... 2008 New Brunswick's Frog & Peach Restaurant From Tree to Table... CLAYTON, NJ, (July 18, 2008) – Jersey peaches are one of the most beloved fruits of summer, their distinctive perfume, perfect texture and sunrise color draw people out to orchards to pluck the fruit from the trees, purchase baskets from the farm stands or flock to farmers markets throughout the state to buy the fresh fruit, pies, jams and other goodies made with peaches. Click here to read more... NEW JERSEY PEACH PROMOTION COUNCIL CLAYTON, NJ (June 25, 2008) – The New Jersey Peach Promotion Council (NJPPC) recognizes the need to educate the public on the delicious flavor and nutritional benefits of “Jersey Fresh” peaches and nectarines in order to build demand for the fruit at retail outlets throughout the state. For the past several years, the council has successfully conveyed its message through the media, during its annual Media Day “Peach Picnics,” which have featured top New Jersey chefs creating new dishes with Jersey Fresh peaches, and peach experts from Rutgers explaining the differences among varieties, what to look for when selecting peaches or nectarines and how the introduction of several new varieties can extend the state’s season earlier (late June/July) and later (late September). Click here to read more... FACTS: NEW JERSEY PEACH INDUSTRY ‘Dedicated to the orderly marketing and promotion of New Jersey peaches’ New Jersey ranks 4th nationally for peach production, after California, South Carolina and Georgia. Click here to read more...
At First Blush.... CLAYTON, NJ, (June 26, 2008) - While peach growers know that anything can happen between late April, when peach blossoms fade and little clusters of fruit appear, the 2008 season so far looks like the most abundant in several years, according to the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council (NJPPC), the state’s foremost organization for the peach industry. Peach clusters are so dense that growers have been thinning every variety, and a few growers in south Jersey were already picking peaches in mid-June, several weeks earlier than usual, thanks to development of newer and better varieties for an early season. Click here to read more... 2007 FACTS: NEW JERSEY PEACH INDUSTRY ‘Dedicated to the orderly marketing and promotion of New Jersey peaches’ New Jersey ranks 4th nationally for peach production, after California, South Carolina and Georgia. Weather conditions in the south raised New Jersey to #2 for 2007. Click here to read more...
NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY FARMERS MARKETS, as of 2007:
GOVERNOR CORZINE PROCLAIMS AUGUST AS ‘JERSEY PEACH’ MONTH Trenton, NJ (July 25, 2007) – August in New Jersey is brimming with many varieties of ripe, juicy peaches – some say the tastiest in the country, but maybe that’s because Garden State residents get them within 250 miles of their trees, thus guaranteeing freshness. Governor Jon Corzine has proclaimed August 2007 as “Jersey Peach Month,” offering his personal congratulations to “the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council and all involved in the production and marketing of this delicious fruit.” Click here to read more...
NEW JERSEY PEACH PROMOTION COUNCIL PROJECTS A BANNER YEAR FOR GROWERS Clayton, NJ (July 25, 2007) – New Jersey is taking the lead in East Coast peach production this year, making it the nation’s second largest producer, after California. Early season storms decimated approximately 90% of the South Carolina crop and 50% of the Georgia crop, according the USDA Economic Research Service. While projections for the 2007 yield are slightly lower than for 2006, the crop and the prices nonetheless are exceedingly good. Both seasons are the best in recent years. The USDA Fruit summary shows the 2006 utilized production totaling 34,000 tons; at a total value of $35.7-million, 16% higher than 2005’s value of $30.8-million. Click here to read more... 25th Annual New Jersey Peach Festival July 26-29 2007 Clayton, NJ - Not only is Gloucester County the largest peach growing county in New Jersey, but it is home to the state’s official Peach Festival. Located in Gloucester County for the past 12 years, the “The Festival” marks the official kickoff of the New Jersey peach season. The peach harvest will be just beginning when the 2007 festival opens. Click here to read more... |
