Peach and Apricot Production at Orchard at Ahern

This is the current (2020) production coming from peaches and apricots at The Orchard at Ahern. The Orchard at Ahern is located between Bonanza and Washington off of Clarkway. There are about 3000 fruit trees planted in this 8 acre orchard only 1 1/2 miles from the Las Vegas Strip.

The Orchard at Ahern is a 3000 fruit tree orchard located on Ahern property only 1 1/2 miles from the Las Vegas Strip.

Apricots pruned for height control spaced at 10 ft between trees and either 10 ft between rows or 14 ft for equipment movement.

Apricot production. Apricots and aprium varieties totaled about ten different varieties with chill ranging from a little over 200 hours to over 700 hours and no fruit thinning.

Apricot and aprium varieties include Flavor Delight, Leah Cot, Summer Delight, Katy, Chinese, Royal Rosa, Blenheim, Flavor Giant, Gold Kist among others on semi dwarfing Citation (preferred) and Myro 29C.

Peaches were on the same tree spacing as apricots and pruned to the same height.

Peaches were thinned by pruning when they were dormant during the winter. No hand thinning of individual fruit was done.

About 24 varieties of peaches and six varieties of nectarines were planted about four years ago. Again our favorite rootstock when keeping them under ten feet tall is Citation semi dwarfing rootstock.