Central Valley peaches impacted by August storm

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Valley peaches volition beryllium shipped astir the state and beyond done October.

One Parlier orchard was successful the mediate of harvest, and you tin spot the interaction of past week's dense rain.

Many furrows were afloat of peaches that got soaked and past dropped to the ground.

Jon McClarty of HMC Farms says workers volition springiness the peaches a precise adjacent look erstwhile they're sorted astatine the packing house.

Stone effect tin beryllium delicate to storms.

"Peaches successful California aren't truly meant for the rain," McClarty said.

Some of the Summer Fling assortment peaches volition beryllium pulled due to the fact that of rainfall damage.

"The main happening that we interest astir is called 'staining.'" McClarty said. "It's conscionable a streak connected the effect that's cosmetic -- that truly makes the effect unmarketable."

Valley growers usually invited the rain, conscionable not during harvest.

Still, McClarty says they conscionable instrumentality it each successful stride.

"This isn't the archetypal clip it's rained successful August oregon September," helium said. "It's really becoming, seemingly, much often than it was successful the past."

Some raisins were already laid retired to adust erstwhile the rains came.

Industry experts accidental it was conscionable a tiny fig -- astir 10 percent of the crop.

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