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News and Articles on Cherimoyas
Mexican fruit flies found; orchards face quarantine Nov 9, 2007
It is one of the most destructive pests in the world and attacks more than 40 kinds of fruits and vegetables, including citrus, apples, apricots, guavas, peaches, pears, plums, quinces, mangoes, sapotes, and cherimoyas. Female flies puncture fruit and lay from one to 10 eggs just under the skin. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
This farm runs on sun power Jun 18, 2007
Crops: Avocados, honey, guava, passion fruit, macadamia nuts, bananas, cherimoyas, kumquats, mangoes and coffee ... There are also blood orange trees Arterberry wanted to be able to pick fruit as he drove through miles of grove trails plus smaller quantities of guava, passion fruit, macadamia nuts, bananas, cherimoyas, kumquats, mangoes and coffee, which they roast and drink on the farm. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
County may sell Gaviota property Mar 7, 2007
The property includes a house, a couple of farming structures, about 100 acres of avocado trees and several acres of cherimoyas. One supervisor questioned the wisdom of selling coastal land that might be better left as open space for public recreation. (Lompoc Record, CA)
Family farmers assess freeze damage Jan 20, 2007
The freeze appears to have destroyed small blocks of tropical fruits such as guavas and cherimoyas being grown in San Diego County. The freeze damaged alfalfa growing in the Imperial Valley and hurt new plantings in the San Joaquin Valley. (Yreka Siskiyou Daily News, CA)
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