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
[NAFEX] Best peach I ever ate,
Scott Smith, 08/16/2009