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[Philip Stewart <philstewart24@yahoo.com>]

I grew up thinking I really didn't like fresh peaches
or nectarines.  One of the few fruits I felt that way
about, actually.  And then I started working in fruit
breeding, and I tasted them from the tree.  Completely
changed my thinking on it.  There are few things in
this world that can rival a dead ripe peach from the
tree.

Seeing the peaches at the grocery store just depresses
me...occasionally I get tempted into buying some and
I'm always disappointed.  Same goes for plums,
actually, but my grandparents had a plum tree, so I
always knew they could be better than what you get at
the supermarket.

That said, I agree that the main problem is mostly one
of when things are harvested, because I've had
wonderful peaches of the trees from industry standarf cultivars.

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