Peaches? I'm having problems finding either Georgia or local Ohio peaches

[irisblue]

The stores have lots of unscented hard California peaches. 1-was it just a bad year in climate in Ga. 2-why are Cali. peaches so unscented?

[Me.]

1. Oddly Enough

The peaches and...nectarines are great here in NY. First I saw them I gave a tiny squeeze thinking they'd be hard as rocks and much to my surprise they were ripe. Sweet, juicy, not mealy, a joy.

[kimbutgar]

2. The seasonal worker immigrants left in fear of deportation

And they couldn't find people to pick peaches so they rotting on trees. All over the south they can't find workers to pick produce. I wonder why those good ole white chump boys can't pick those crops? Couldn't happen to a better group.

[Me.]

8. That Is So True

I am the recipient of a fruit of the month club and this month it was supposed to be cherries. When they didn't arrive I called and told they had a late spring and that they would come in a few weeks. When they came they were in terrible shape, I called and they said they had new inexperienced pickers. I figure they didn't have pickers when the fruit was just ripe and had to scramble and when they finally got them the cherries were overripe.

[underpants]

3. Google - Georgia peaches for sale. Lots of options

Actually s. Carolina produces more peaches than Georgia

[irisblue]

5. Following your advice...

Local orchard is going to be at a nearby farmers market tomorrow, but I better be there at 8am. Small crop this year. 😀

[atreides1]

4. Farmer's Market

Are there any farmer's markets in your area? You might be able to find what you're looking for there!

[irisblue]

6. You are so smart to suggest this!

Thanks!

[Freddie]

7. I got great peaches at the local farm stand

I'm in PA so I don't know where they came from. Will go back. The ones in the supermarket are awful all year.

[SCantiGOP]

9. While GA is the "Peach State"

SC actually produces more peaches (though not nearly as many as CA). Due to a late freeze this spring, the SC peach crop was estimated to be at least 3/4 destroyed; I assume the same thing applies to GA.

[Phentex]

15. I always like the SC ones best...

but I got some Georgia peaches recently that were very good. NOT cheap though.

[SCantiGOP]

16. I grew up in Aiken, across the stateline from Augusta

I always made it a priority to have a summer job lined up in High School because the default was to work in the peach-packing plants. Friends who worked there, for minimum wage, said they itched all summer.

[CurtEastPoint]

10. Just got GA peaches at Publix for 1.99. Pricey but tasty.

[Demsrule86]

11. The fruit here in northern Ohio has been terrible. Even the watermelon is bad.

I have seen no local peaches.

[irisblue]

12. I wound up calling a semi local orchard45 miles to north& a farm market stand 30 miles south of here

Looking for peaches. Not the year for them I guess.

[Demsrule86]

13. It is true. The problem is they pick the fruit to early and it doesn't ever ripen...it

has no taste and is very expensive.

[locks]

14. Western Colorado

produces delicious peaches and ships some out of state. They are not picked early and are not ready yet.

[Saviolo]

17. Ontario had a rough year last year for stone fruit

The orchards in Niagara produce amazing peaches, plums, apricots, and nectarines, all of which I love to death.

Last year, we got almost no apricots at all, because the weather was just terrible for them. It was bad news for my hubby's restaurant, because he usually gets tons of amazing local fresh fruit to preserve and sell from his restaurant, but last year we could do his amazing apricot jam, and the plum preserves were just kinda meh.