Okanagan Peaches

Our peaches are always fresh, tasty and so juicy you should eat them in a bathtub. Our standard for quality is excellence only:  If it doesn’t make that cut, we won’t have it in our store.

Peach ripeness

Our peaches are harvested at a firm ripe stage. When you purchase our peaches they may still be firm. Allow them to ripen at room temperature for two or three days and they will be perfect for fresh eating. Watch the outside of the peach around the stem. When it turns from green to yellow you know it’s ripe. A fully ripened peach is fully flavorful peach. If you rush that process, you will compromise the flavor.

The free stone question

The term freestone refers to how easily the peach pit comes away from the flesh of the peach.  The flesh on a clingstone will also stick; the flesh of a semi-free will remove when its fully ripe; Freestone peaches will practically fall off their stone.

Canning Peaches

Canning peaches need to be allowed to fully ripen to the stage where they are beginning to soften. For consistency take your peaches out of the box and spread them out while they ripen. The rate at which your peaches ripen varies by the temperature they are kept at. At room temperature, peaches will usually take 5 – 8 days before they are ready to can. As they ripen the skin of the peach will change from green to yellow and the peaches will soften. Remember, every time you squeeze your peach, you bruise it; check the color of the skin to avoid that compromise.