We are lucky in Ontario to take tender fruit for granted. Peaches have been ripe for a few weeks.
I didn't realize that there are over 15 varieties of peaches grown here. Definitely Red Havens are the best known - they are the canning and freezing peach. If we compare to the U.S. there are over 100 different types of peaches grown there. And who would guess that peaches originated in China. Well, maybe we would. All those vases with peach leaves in gorgeous colours.
If you didn't grow up in Niagara, then picking fruit is a novelty and fun. If you grew up here, it was work for young teenagers in the summer. Hard work. I didn't have to pick peaches. I would pick strawberries and make my savings there. Peaches would make you itchy from all the fuzz on them, so strawberries seemed easier in comparison.
Here's a list of six well known peach farms. One of the best known is is Cherry Avenue Farms. I saw a Cherry Avenue transport truck as we drove to a railway convention in Minnesota - their cherry juice is widely distributed.
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