The Texas A&M AgriLife’s Stone Fruit Breeding and Genetic program, a peach and nectarine breeding program established in 1935, is a product of researchers in the Department of Horticultural Sciences at the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Texas A&M AgriLife Research.
To date, the program is responsible for 40 stone fruit varieties that perform well in climate zones across Texas and the southern U.S. The dozens of resulting new varieties expanded the growing options for backyard and commercial producers and added sensory characteristics consumers could choose based on personal preference or use.
Source: agrilifetoday.tamu.edu