Quick Peach Facts

And A Peach Crepes Recipe :)

Do you really want to read peach facts about clingstones, freestones and nutrition information? What if it's followed by a delicious peach crepes recipe :-)

Peach fruit is believed to be indigenous to China and is a member of the rose family.

Their cousins are apricots, cherries, plums, and almonds.

When choosing peach fruit, you may want to consider what you are using them for. Basically, they are classed according to how strongly the flesh of the fruit "clings" to the peach pits when it is ripe, and the less clingy, the better for canning.

There are three classes of peach fruit - 'clingstone', 'semi-freestone' and 'freestone'.

Freestone Peaches: Freestone peaches have flesh that easily comes away from their pits, making them most ideal for eating fresh. Though not as juicy or sweet as a clingstone peach, freestones are good for baking as well, and are best for being canned.

Clingstone Peaches: The flesh of clingstone peaches clings firmly to their pits, or stones. They have a soft texture, and are juicier and sweeter than other peach varieties making them perfect for baking your favorite peach desserts. The commercial industry uses clingstones for preparing canned peaches. These tend to be the preferred variety for jellies and jams.

Semi-freestone Peaches: Semi-freestones are a combination of freestone and clingstone peaches, making them both sweet and ideal for canning or baking.

Peach Facts - Nutrition

A peach is about 87 percent water and has fewer calories than either apples or pears. Peaches are excellent sources of Vitamin C and Vitamin E, and like other orange-colored fruits and vegetables, peaches are a significant source of vitamin A.

Summer peach varieties are juicy and sweet, and offer delicious wholesome nutrition without a lot of calories. One medium peach has 40 calories,

Canned and dried peaches are a great source of fibre that you can easily add to yogurt, lunch snacks, baking and breakfast cereals.

Peaches also have a reasonable amount of potassium, copper, manganese, and niacin, and they are also rich in phytochemicals which act as antioxidants, ridding the body of harmful free radicals.

When it comes to peaches it's really hard to decide the most delicious way to eat a peach, other than fresh off the peach tree!!

Related pages that may interest you:

• Read About Different Peach Varieties
• Tips for Canning Peaches
• More of our favorite peach dessert recipes

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