North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

["Doreen Howard" <doreenh@ticon.net>]

The Saturn peach is available through Stark Bros. catalog.  They can be
found online at:
www.myseasons.com  or you can call (800) 325-4180 to order or get a catalog.
I agree with Betty's friend that Saturn is a great tasting peach.  They
bring premium prices in the grocery stores, too.  I've seen them for sale
for as much as $1 each.
Doreen Howard

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Yellman <dyellman@earthlink.net>
To: nafex@egroups.com <nafex@egroups.com>
Date: Friday, October 27, 2000 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: [nafex] Doughnut peach


>Betty:  The doughnut peach also goes by the name "Saturn".  It may have
other
>names as well.  I know that it is commercially available as nursery stock,
but
>I just don't recall at the moment where I have seen it.  It occasionally
>appears at our local produce markets here in N. Virginia.  I have not tried
it,
>but my daughter has, and she was very complimentary of its flavor.  I'm
sure
>you will hear more about it from PNW Nafexers, since I believe it is more
>common out there.  Rgds, Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA
>
>Betty Mayfield wrote:
>
>> To the list:
>>
>> A friend said that last summer she had bought a very good tasting peach
at
>> a produce store in western Washington which was called a "doughnut
peach."
>> She said it was flat in shape, with an indentation in the center as if
the
>> pit were in the hole in a doughnut.
>>
>> I cannot find this name in the national germplasm repository list. Could
it
>> just be a nickname for some other peach? She said it was one of the best
>> tasting peaches she had eaten.
>>
>> Betty Mayfield
>>
>
>
>
>
>
>


-------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~>
eGroups eLerts
It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free!
http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/15/_/423498/_/972659661/
---------------------------------------------------------------------_->