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Default White vs yellow peaches

On 2011-08-17, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:

> Are all the white peaches very sweet?


Almost all the "white" produce (corn, nectarines, peaches, etc) are
sweet or even extra-sweet and super-sweet hybrids. Hybrids going more
for sweet than flavor. Usually flavor is better for use in a
pie/cobbler. Better to have flavor and add sweet in the form of
sugar. Otherwise, I agree. Whites are great for eating raw or
topping breakfast cereal/oatmeal.

> These were less fuzzy than the ones I grow in the backyard.


I wondered about that, too. Is this a new harvesting process or have
they been genetically modified to have no fuzz?

nb