An early-blooming fruit

By Aaron Horrell

The blossoms here are from a peach tree I found blooming on the fifth of March.

Several warm days in late February and early March have coaxed some early-blooming fruit trees such as plums and peaches to blossom a bit early this spring.

As this article goes to print, the weather forecast is calling for nighttime temperatures to fall into the 20s.

It is possible this peach tree could bear a meager crop this year.

A "hard freeze" (temperatures below about 25 degrees for a six-hour duration or longer) can kill the newly-forming fruits.

There are several kinds of peaches, and they do not all bloom at the same time.

This tree may lose its crop, but later-blooming peach trees still could produce a bumper crop if all goes well for them.