On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:18:22 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
wrote:

>Wow! I just had my first Donut Peach [aka Bagel, Saturn, Flattened,
>etc]. Wikipedia says they became popular in the 1990s-- I guess
>i haven't been paying attention. I asked the farmer at the stand
>what the deal was with these little things and he said they taste just
>like the white peaches, but are smaller and easier to eat without
>getting a juice bath.
>
>Well-- If that's what a white peach tastes like- they are some *SWEET*
>peaches.
>
>Seems like somebody was asking recently if it made a difference if
>they used white or yellow peaches in a cobbler. If these little
>guys are any indication, I'd say yes. Save the white ones for
>eating and use the yellows for cooking.
>
>Are all the white peaches very sweet?
>
>These were less fuzzy than the ones I grow in the backyard. All I
>know about the variety of mine is that they are yellow and freestone.

Must be more than one variety of white peach.
My DIL's father has a white peach tree that bears profusely. The fruit
from it are, without a doubt, the most bland, tasteless peach I've
ever tried.

Ross.