Like cherries, peaches attract many insects, fungi and diseases. They are typically sprayed with assorted pesticides and fungicides on a weekly basis from their dormant stage in March until harvest in July or August. The peach tree borer, a persistent and destructive pest, is often eradicated with endosulfan, a highly toxic pesticide with xenoestrogenic properties.
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Excerpted from To Buy or Not To Buy Organic, copyright 2007 by Cindy Burke. Used by permission of Avalon Publishing Group.All Rights Reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced except with permission in writing from the publisher.
