Fruit yields not very peachy as global warming fallout rises

In what appears to be fallout from global warming, abnormal fruit, including grapes not turning red and peaches with brown flesh, are becoming nationwide occurrences, forcing producers to seek countermeasures.</PARAGRAPH> <PHOTO> <TABLE WIDTH='200' ALIGN='RIGHT' BORDER='0'> <TR> <TD><IMG ALT='News photo' BORDER='0' SRC='/images/photos2005/nn20051115f3a.jpg' WIDTH='200' HEIGHT='393'/></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><FONT SIZE='1'><B>Red Aki Queen grapes –

and green ones grow at the Hiroshima Prefectural Agriculture Technology Center.

"If the color is bad, prices are less than half," said researcher Takayoshi Yamane of the Hiroshima Prefectural Agriculture Technology Center's Fruit Tree Research Institute.