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Garnet Beauties straight from Niagara County, Ontario

This is one of the best peach seasons I can remember. These Garnet Beauties were tender and bursting with juice. They tasted so much like a peach should I have eaten half my weight in them already. Or so it feels.

How passionate am I? We’ve been debating the pros and cons of buying a new freezer for two years and a single basket of peaches pushed us into the YES camp. I simply must save some of this for the dull, gray winter ahead.

Last year, Blazing Stars were my favourite. I have never tasted a peachier peach. Unfortunately, I learned about them at the very end of their cycle. The next week, when I returned to the Farmers’ Market, with a wad of cash and with my husband in tow to lug the bounty to the car, I was told they were done for the season. I almost cried.

Do you have a passion for peaches? If so, what variety do you wait impatiently for? Is a peach just a peach, or do you use different varieties for different things?