date:Oct 19, 2012
Unseasonably warm weather in California's San Joaquin Valley has affected coloring of persimmons. Although harvesting is not expected to be significantly delayed, growers are looking forward to cooler weather.
It's been hot here in Central Calfornia, said Jeff Simonian of the Simonian Fruit Company in Fowler. It might hold back picking, and though it's hard to say, it could hold it back maybe a week. What's more clear is that higher temperatures have affected the rate at which fruit has been co