When to pick peaches? Morning or evening? Does it matter?

Darlene Ray

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Jul 31, 2004, 12:03:07 AM7/31/04

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Need help. We have a few peach trees and someone (a neighbor) told us you
should only pick in the evening because the sugar goes back into the tree in
the morning. Or they are not as sweet in the morning. Does this make any
sense to anyone out there. We do not want to be rude to our new neighbors
or act as though we do not believe them, but I have never heard of this
before. Are there any peach growers out there or do you know a web site I
could go to?

Thanks,
Darlene

Jan Flora

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Jul 31, 2004, 6:14:11 AM7/31/04

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In article <%REOc.20928$iK....@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
"Darlene Ray" <ray...@mindspring.com> wrote:

Don't know about the sugars in peaches, but thank your neighbors for
their kind advice, then pick your peaches whenever you have time to pick
them. *smile*

Jan

enigma

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Jul 31, 2004, 9:42:16 AM7/31/04

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"Darlene Ray" <ray...@mindspring.com> wrote in
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if they're ripe, they're sweet. if they're still green, they
aren't.
pick them before the squirrels do!
lee

jJohn Klausner

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Jul 31, 2004, 11:46:32 AM7/31/04

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Definitely time to do a taste test! Sorry I'm not there to help you!
I agree with Jan, by the way....
SueK

Offbreed

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Jul 31, 2004, 6:26:11 PM7/31/04

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Darlene Ray wrote:

> Need help. We have a few peach trees and someone (a neighbor) told us you
> should only pick in the evening because the sugar goes back into the tree in
> the morning. Or they are not as sweet in the morning.

I think they taste better straight off the tree in the afternoon, but
part of that is that they are warm.

If you are picking for storage, morning might be better as they start cold.

Fran

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Jul 31, 2004, 8:15:12 PM7/31/04

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"enigma" <eni...@empire.net> wrote in message

> if they're ripe, they're sweet. if they're still green, they
> aren't.

That isn't always so. I have a flowering peach (planted specifically for its
incredible flowers) and it has peaches that are edible and delicious but
they are small and green even when ripe. They look awful but are delicious.

enigma

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Jul 31, 2004, 9:21:06 PM7/31/04

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"Fran" <ma...@takethisbitoutwebone.com.au> wrote in
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oops, no, i didn't mean green colored, i meant green as
unripe. some peaches are rather green colored when they are
ripe. if they *smell* like peaches & are starting to get soft,
they're ripe (of course, some people like hard peaches, but...
yuck.)
lee

Napalm Heart

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Jul 31, 2004, 9:38:09 PM7/31/04

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"Darlene Ray" <ray...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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The fruit farmer I worked for sold his peaches at a market where he
had long-term customers. He never cared what time of day the peaches
got picked, just that they were ripe.

Ken

Michael

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Aug 1, 2004, 8:23:49 AM8/1/04

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"Jan Flora" <snow...@xyz.net> wrote in message
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> In article <%REOc.20928$iK....@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
> "Darlene Ray" <ray...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > Need help. We have a few peach trees and someone (a neighbor) told us
you
> > should only pick in the evening because the sugar goes back into the
tree in
> > the morning. Or they are not as sweet in the morning. Does this make
any
> > sense to anyone out there.

She's right. Start picking about four or five, not like it happens
instantly.

Same fruit, different thing. I live near peach country (Gaffney, SC) see
the Peachoid!!!!

http://www.gaffney-sc.com/Waterpeach.htm

Drove through on Friday and bought a bushel of very ripe (read rotten in a
day or so) peaches for THREE dollars.

Peeled and sliced they produced three gallons of wonderful peaches. Two
went into the freezer and one went for preserves and a cobbler.