largest peach production states
But there are other lessons, too. New Jersey is the fourth-largest peach producing state, behind California, South Carolina and Georgia, reaping roughly 60 million tons of peaches and nectarines per year, according to Jerome L. Frecon, a horticultural consultant to the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council in Glassboro. Advertisement.
California is the top peach and nectarine. producer in the US, in 2014 contributing 95% of. the nation's processing peaches, 49% of the. fresh peaches and 94% of the nectarines [7]. South Carolina is the second largest peach. producer, followed by Georgia and New Jersey. Washington is the only other nectarine producer.