Orchard managers plan on trees lasting about 20 years when they’re planted — accounting for five years of growth, 10 years of full production, and the last five years getting whatever’s left ...

Six smaller “circlets” are made from branches pruned from cherry, apple and peach trees. ... an art installation they created in the orchard Thursday June 30, 2022. BLAINE SHAHAN ...

But the nearly 200-tree McDonald Peach Orchard, situated near the Mojave River in Apple Valley, is “old and tired,” producing smaller-sized fruit as the orchard battles age, critters and ...