Summer solstice 2023 will occur on June 21 at 04:24 UTC for the Northern Hemisphere and on Dec. 22, 2023, for the Southern Hemisphere. But,
and in Georgia, summer means peaches. But horticulturists at the University of Georgia say roughly 90% of the Peach State’s crop has been destroyed by bad weather and a warming climate. The last time things were this bad was 1955, according to Lawton Pearson of Pearson Farm in Fort Valley, Georgia.
Peaches require a minimum number of chill hours, below 45 degrees, to set fruit. But the first three months of this year were the warmest on record in Georgia, and chill hours here have been declining over the years. Growers are experimenting with new varieties that need fewer chill hours. Some of those varieties did get the cold they needed this year. But right when they were blooming, a spurt of unlucky freezing weather zapped the buds. “You had a low-chill peach perfectly fine with this winter,” Pearson says. “It bloomed, then got four nights under 28 [degrees].” - https://www.wabe.org/georgia-peach-crop-decimated-by-bad-weather-warming-climate/
That’s sad news on the Peaches! BUT - my tree has quite a few of them on, so if I keep her watered (we’re heading into a drought at this rate!) I’m hoping to have a decent crop this season.
She really outdid herself last season. :)