Surprisingly, no one has mentioned Georgia Peaches which are the world standard for taste and other qualities. Georgia Peach Wine always takes first prize at wine tastings. Supposedly eating Georgia peaches is the reason Georgia women are some of the most beautiful in the world. It's why they are often called "Georgia Peaches". Gerry
On Sun, 28 Aug 2016 09:10:15 -0400 Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > If they are picked green they ripen into strawlike mush or a rubbery > crispness. Especially those HUGE CA nectarines. > > On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I'd guess they have different varieties for export/travel to other > > locations, and these are most certainly worse than others. > > > > I refuse to purchase peaches anywhere other than my local stand in Chester > > NJ. They're outstanding, currently $25 for a half bushel. I'm on my third > > box this month. > > > > These peaches will not travel well, however. Even before they're ripe you > > have to be careful with them. > > > > NJ is one of the larger peach producing states... We are the garden state, > > after all. > > > > I believe they're selling Lorie peach right now, but I could be wrong. > > > > Jaime > > -just finished splitting another tractor cart load of wood > > > > > > On Saturday, August 27, 2016, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > I grew up with local Strawberries, cherries, blueberries, apples, > > peaches, > > > plums, pears, and on a good year, apricots. Our own peaches were always > > > best, and IL peaches next best, and MO peaches in third. > > > > > > Living in HI, we had none of these available. One time I decided the CO > > > peaches looked good, so I bought a few. They were terrible, absolutely > > dry > > > cardboard, no juice, no flavor. Now a homegrown peach, or IL or MO peach > > > would be so juicy the juice ran down your chin and down your arms to the > > > elbow, where it ran off. > > > > > > Here, the best we have been able to do is MO peaches with no variety > > > identification. But still they are flavorful and juicy. Not run to > > your > > > elbows juicy, but tasty, none the less. > > > > > > Rich and Max were braggin about Carolina peaches a few weeks ago. When > > > the store here ran out of MO peaches, I looked at CO, CA and whatever > > else > > > they had, and decided, on Rich's recommendation to try the Carolina > > peaches. > > > > > > WOW! they were dry as cardboard, and had nearly the same flavor! > > > Terrible! Absolutely TERRIBLE! They looked pretty, but were dry as a > > bone > > > , hard and had no flavor. The ones I tried to let ripen and soften some > > > turned brown inside, but they were too dry to rot. They were even worse > > > than those awful CO peaches I tried in HI! > > > > > > Well, at least the strawberries in the store are still tolerable. > > Nowhere > > > near the juiciness and flavor of real strawberries, but they are > > > tolerable. I wonder who buys the cardboard peaches in the grocery > > > stores. It has to be people who have never tasted a real peach. > > > > > > So, Rich and Max: Bah! Your peaches are awful! > > > > > > If it is any consolation, I won't eat anything called "Cherry" unless I > > > made it with real fresh tart cherries, or frozen tart cherries. The > > > sheeple are so stupid that they think cherry tastes like cough syrup, so > > > all the "cherry" products may be made with real cherries, but they are > > > flavored with maraschino cherry flavor mixed with cough syrup flavor to > > > make an awful glop. Eating the cherries right in the tree was best! > > I'd > > > usually eat 4 to 6 lb of strawberries in the patch too. That was GOOOD > > > stuff! > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jaime Kopchinski > > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
