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Deol's mature peach trees were capable of producing softball-sized fruit — so large that in 2016 the previous owner of the orchard registered a peach as the heaviest ever recorded.
This year, in an effort to salvage the growing season, Deol is planting table grapes and rows of corn where those peach trees once stood.
#BritishColumbia has more #FruitFarms than any other province, with more than twice as many growers as Ontario and Quebec combined.
The total estimated value of fruit production in B.C. is more than $450 million annually, according to Statistics Canada. The vast majority of B.C.'s tree #fruits are grown in the #OkanaganValley with cherries, apples and peaches being the most commonly grown tree-fruit crops in the region.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7249339
#ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #BCpoli #Farmers #FruitProducers #AdaptingToClimateChange