Syrupy sweet tasting white-fleshed peaches; the sweet peach-scent of golden clingstones: it must be peach season!
The harvest season for peaches is late spring through late fall with the peak peach harvest just a month away from mid- to late-summer.
You've probably already had some peach choices at the farm store. Here's what I look for during peach season:
Choose peachesthat are sweetly fragrant, unblemished, and not too hard. A ripe peach will be soft to the touch. Look for peaches that are yellow or cream-colored at the stem end with a well-defined crease or partition line. A peach with a pronounced partition line will split easily.
The color of a peach--such as a crimson blush--indicates variety, not maturity.
Avoid green colored peaches. A peach with green shoulders on the stem end will not be ripe. Avoid peaches with large flattened bruises or shriveling skin.
One pound peaches (3 medium-size or 2 large) yields 1½ to 2 cups sliced fruit.
Syrupy sweet tasting white-fleshed peaches; the sweet peach-scent of golden clingstones: it must be peach season!
The harvest season for peaches is late spring through late fall with the peak peach harvest just a month away from mid- to late-summer.
You've probably already had some peach choices at the farm store. Here's what I look for during peach season:
Choose peachesthat are sweetly fragrant, unblemished, and not too hard. A ripe peach will be soft to the touch. Look for peaches that are yellow or cream-colored at the stem end with a well-defined crease or partition line. A peach with a pronounced partition line will split easily.
The color of a peach--such as a crimson blush--indicates variety, not maturity.
Avoid green colored peaches. A peach with green shoulders on the stem end will not be ripe. Avoid peaches with large flattened bruises or shriveling skin.
One pound peaches (3 medium-size or 2 large) yields 1½ to 2 cups sliced fruit.