I’ve had some great peaches this year and a few duds. I got them different places but my farm market has the best, I have been tempted to drive across the bridge to NJ for Jersey produce. I went to Maple Acres today and got a few peaches plus a bunch of other things. The green beans were out of this world.

I either slice up a peach and eat it out of a bowl or on top of cereal. I like peaches any way at all!

We get ours from The Peach Truck out of Georgia, they make rounds for pickup and you can order online. I have their cookbook but, loaned it to a friend and just got it back yesterday. Can’t wait to go through it!

The best I've ever had was from our next door neighbors in Arizona. They had a tree in their backyard. Found some about 10 years ago at a farm somewhere between here and Louisville but have no idea where that was at. Wish I had written down their information then but I didn't. Bought some peaches at Costco a few weeks ago and they were okay, not as good as the Arizona ones but better than normal ones you find around here in the stores.

terilyn, the Peach Truck comes here too, but I have never bought from them

The best peaches I can recall having were from a farm stand up at Lake Erie, near Sandusky. I don't know what was the variety, though. I have a peach tree, about 5 years old, but although it sets fruit every year I've yet to get a peach from it (if not a new disease, some critter pulls them off when they are still very small)

I like to make peach "ice cream" by freezing a chunked peach, then whirling them in my Oscar chopper with a serving of vanilla yogurt - it comes out like soft serve.

A couple weeks ago a friend gave me 2 peaches from her son's fruit farm. They were huge and I was able to make a small 8" pie with them.

Here in Western PA, we have a variety called Chambersburg peaches. They, too, are softball size and I describe them as “ drip down your arm” peaches (juicy). They are heavenly and I wait all year for them.

I also purchased from The Peach Truck this year. They were fabulous! The truck came in May so I indulged in peaches for an extra long season. I will absolutely purchase from them again.

Our peaches come from the Niagara Region of Ontario. The first container I bought from our high-end grocery store were mealy, terrible peaches. I returned them a few days later and bought another container. (Sealed plastic 2-litre containers). They were better, some ripe, some unripened. I put them in a paper bag to ripen.

A week later I was in Walmart and they had a big display of them for only $2. So I grabbed 2, one had some ripe ones and another container of unripened. They were delicious!

I love, love peaches on my corn flakes. I also love making peach salsa and eating that with tostito chips.

I checked the stores again since to get some more and they're $5. Darn.

Our favorite peach dessert is something DH calls Summer Peaches.

Blanch the peaches to remove the skin, cut into slices, add a good quality balsamic vinegar and a little sugar and fresh blueberries. Let it chill overnight and then serve over ice cream. Simple and tasty.

A local family with lots of kids, oldest maybe 12, have a cart that they put outside their house on weekends in August. The kids do most of the stocking and selling. Mom drives over to Jersey on Saturday and Sunday mornings to visit several select farms, and they bring back corn, tomatoes, peaches and some other random things like bell peppers, hot peppers, eggplant, whatever. This is the last weekend.

Last year's peaches were 'normal' size, and very good. These softballs were to die for.

Sushi- I'm in Burlington County, NJ where they are numerous farms and last week when we went to one of the local farms we brought back large peaches. You can see them in this photo - if we go back next week I'll ask what variety they are.

So far everything we've bought this summer has been great - corn, cantaloupes, watermelons - it's been the best ever. But for some reason we have not been very successful at finding heirloom tomatoes. DH planted a few but I don't think we get enough sun - and the ones that did get close to ripening the squirrels ate.

I'd like to see photos of the trees that yield those enormous preaches. The branches must need boards to prop them up.

Gorgeous picture, maire_cate!

I think that we love fresh peaches more than any other fruit or vegetable. And probably use it in more ways, too.

We have a peach orchard about 10 miles from our house. They also take their truck to certain markets in town on specific days. In the spring they have fresh strawberries, so we often just drive there to pick up a large basket of one or the other. For the peaches, they grow different varieties and always tell us what they are selling that week. I wish I could recall but cannot right now. There was only one early variety I didn’t care for as much.

They also have a large building where they sell other produce, so it’s worth the trip to pick up fresh corn, beans, and other things we need.

edited to add, I think this year has been one of the best for good-tasting vegetables in general too. Peaches are by far my favorite fruit. I miss them when they are gone. Frozen just aren’t the same.

I have been getting some huge very sweet peaches and Nectarines lately. I prefer white flesh in both. I think the best ones so far were from HEB. So juicy I have to eat them over a bowl to not make quite as big a mess. I love to eat them out of hand. When we lived in Oklahoma in the summer we had pool parties every Sunday and I made homemade ice cream. Peach was always a favorite. We had a great peach tree in our yard growing up.

"We get ours from The Peach Truck out of Georgia, they make rounds for pickup and you can order online. I have their cookbook but, loaned it to a friend and just got it back yesterday. Can’t wait to go through it!"

terilyn, I just recently ordered that book. :-)

sushipup1 sounds like an Angelus to me. They are after Early Elbertas so not available where I am yet.

My favorite is "Babcock", a white peach variety grown here in CA. We had it the first time over 30 years ago and couldn't get over how sweet it was and wonderfully fragrant. I tried to grow it, but stone fruits don't do well this close to the ocean. I think it is not enough chilling hours. Just picked up some Breyers peach ice cream. I haven't had that in a long time. It is one of my favorites. I love anything made with peaches including peach salsa.

Are Georgia peaches still a "thing"? I guess that what the Peach Truck company is? Lucky you who have access to it. I adore peaches/nectarines and practically cry when the season is over. I remember having a peach tree in our yard in my early childhood and don't think I've had peaches that taste that good since them. But maybe that's just my faulty memory.