Look for fruit that is smooth with soft, velvety skin and a bright complexion and avoid hard or wrinkled peaches with blemishes or green tinges. A ripe peach will yield gently to palm pressure ...
Peach and nectarine trees flower extremely early ... depending on the variety. Encourage more fruit by pollinating open blooms by hand using a soft brush, particularly as few insects will be ...
In fact, when he bought the peach tree he already knew they would be eating the fruit from it together. "Our first big date was at her college. I didn't know how to impress her," he told the BBC.