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[Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu>]

My mid/late peaches, coming in now, are doing very well - it has not  
rained as much recently.  The earlier ones ripening in the rainy  
period were much more watery.

I haven't been impressed with many peaches compared to nectarines,  
rain or no I must say.  I am trying several dozen peach varieties.   
The ones I like the most are the older varieties which usually have  
very small fruits; my favorites in that category so far this year  
includes Foster, St. John, Rareripe, and Sanguine Tardeva.  All of  
these are very flavorful.  I have had two good "modern" peaches so far  
this year, Clayton and Silver Logan.  These two are much larger than  
the old varieties but still pack a lot of flavor.  Now many other  
peaches are perfectly fine, but any nectarine not picked too early  
will be better.

Scott