Frost, hail, floods, droughts… Season after season, extreme weather events follow one another, repeating themselves in one European region or another the following year, and there are virtually no longer any forecasts for “normal” harvests, that is, harvests at the potential of producing countries in Europe. These extreme weather events leave their mark. Coupled with market fluctuations and certain technical difficulties in production, such as with apricots, they lead to a persistent erosion of stone fruit orchards, with varying degrees of impact depending on the production area. Yet, stone fruit is the fifth most consumed fruit family in Europe, with an average of 8,32 kg per person per year*. How can we continue to plan ahead to limit any risk of decline? How can we renew the orchards, with which species and varieties, in the face of the new climatic and regulatory landscape? Can we develop a truly ambitious European approach to stone fruit production?