Peach Juice

If your fruit crop is large and you don't know what to do with all those lovely ripe peaches, you can make jam out of it. You also can purate the peaches to freeze them for winter use. You can make a delicious chutney, or you can make juice out of it. Peach juice is considered nectar, and it can be frozen as well! Avoid planting a peach shrub or tree near an almond tree. As the peach is a brother of the almond, the two sorts are easily crossed. (The result is bitter nuts.)

• Most peach stones have little holes in them or have a ribbed structure.
• Peach trees or shrubs can easily be grown out of a peach stone.
• Peach stones are used to make the coal for filters.
• When you buy peaches, look for ones with a creamy-to-gold undercolor that indicates ripeness. The amount of red on peaches depends on the variety; redness is not always a sign of ripeness. Look for fruit that has a well-defined crease and a good fragrance. Peaches with a green undercolor are not ripe and will not ripen. Peaches and nectarines only ripen well on the tree.