California’s cling peach orchards lurched to life this summer as harvest crews stripped the fruit off trees. For the first time, nearly all of it was bound for canning facilities owned by a single processor. Earlier this year, the closure of Del Monte Foods’ cannery in Modesto following the company’s bankruptcy left cling peach growers with just one major buyer, Pacific Coast Producers, which processes fruit at canneries in Lodi and Oroville. Unlike freestone peaches, cling peaches are typically not sold fresh.