A Peach of a View

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For a complete change of pace from my normal pictures - The San Joaquin Valley produces the vast majority of the fruit, nuts, tomatoes, rice, etc, that are grown in this country. One of my favorite things is all the fresh stone fruit that I get in the summer, from mid-May to late September. I get all the fruit at the orchards, the fruit that is too ripe to ship. I drive through mile after mile of stone fruit orchards (peach, nectarine, plum, apricot) on my way to work, and here are some pictures of what they look like in the winter:
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About two weeks ago the spring bloom started. Now the whole area is a sea of pink and white blossoms:
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very awesome sir while in bloom that is beautiful. i would love to be able to get super fresh fruit like that
 
Just stop your car on the side of the road and pick a few everyday on your way home. No one will know:D
 
nice pics! I'm in Modesto and i get the same views year round! I'm just glad I don't have allergies! *knocks on wood*
 
Nice pictures Lots of produce grown there in that valley.We are a few months away from blossoms here
Thanks
Dan'l
 
I grew up in the central valley. Modesto. I almost forgot about the horrible morning fog. The orchards are quite beautiful in the springtime though.

MDole, does Modesto still smell like Meth and Stewed Tomatoes?
 
Love that foggy one. Looks like the headless horseman is gonna come riding through!
 
I spent some time in the central valley and lived in Visalia for a few months. This was about 10 or 12 years ago and one of my fondest memories from life there was driving through miles and miles of orange groves on a foggy, cool spring morning on may way to the hills around Sequoia Nat'l Park with the strong scent of orange blossoms filling the air.

Spent some time in Modesto too and I have similar memories there also with all the trees blossoming in the spring.

Thanks for the pictures.
 
DMD08 - The stone fruit blossoms have no smell to speak of. But I have been in the citrus during bloom, and the smell is overpowering. It is like being in a perfume factory. The center part of the valley around here is stone fruit, walnuts, almonds, and grapes. If you head east towards the mountains you pass through a belt of olives (ever hear of Lindsay olives, the town of Lindsay is about 20 miles from here) and then you get to the citrus, which is mostly on the edge of the valley. The lower parts of the valley get occasional freezes in the winter, but the edges are a little higher above the worst part of the temperature inversion, so the citrus is safer there. I have citrus in my yard - tangelo, empire lemon, ponderosa lemon (the size of volleyballs), and valencia orange. They all do fine, although my empire lemon has still not recovered from a hard freeze two years ago. I get fresh citrus every day from around January 1 through June, I just have to walk outside and pick it.
 
ac1d0v3r1d3 said:
I grew up in the central valley. Modesto. I almost forgot about the horrible morning fog. The orchards are quite beautiful in the springtime though.

MDole, does Modesto still smell like Meth and Stewed Tomatoes?
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stewed tomatoes, yes...I'm not sure what meth smells like though:confused:n As far as smells go, I'm mostly overwhelmed right now by the aroma of almond blossoms and fresh earth, we've been getting some rain here so it smells heavenly!:thumbup:
 
I grew up nor far from the cannery's on Yosemite Blvd near Empire. We had a few neighbors who were amateur chemists so to speak.
 
From the central valley, just more north. I-5 and Hwy20
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It is a beautiful time of year. It gets the blood pumping. Turkey and Abalone season just around the corner.

Matt
 
Wow, those pictures are stunning. I really like the fog. I'm getting hungry for summer food now....
 
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