The peach seed is hiding inside
the pit! You have to crack open
There are two main varieties of
peaches: clingstone and freestone.
It is harder to remove the flesh from
the pit on a clingstone peach.
Pollinator fact (bee): To make one pound of honey, worker bees in
a hive fly 55,000 miles and tap
2 million flowers.
Peaches along with nectarines, plums, apricots, and cherries are sometimes
called stone fruits because of their pits, which are very hard, like stones.
To ensure the peach doesn’t get
overripe (mushy and soft) before it
reaches you, the fruit is rinsed through
an ice-water bath, called a hydro-cooler to stop the ripening process.
