Donut peaches ,11 reasons to try them

Donut peaches - Great snack

 

 Donut peaches are among the very best of the white-flesh varieties. Dopnut peaches have an unusually flat shape, and are named for their resemblance to a doughnut shape. They're also called Saturn peaches. In fact, many supermarkets package the flat peaches in long boxes like those used for doughnuts, and market them as a good-for-you snack food. Also its the time of the year for farmers markets and they are a delicious snack to buy there.

So what's so great about Donut peaches?

1. They taste better than other peaches. They're sweeter, with almond overtones.
2. They are lower in acid than other peaches.
3. The pit doesn't cling to the flesh, so it's easy to pop out with your thumb.
4. The fruit's thin, red skin has little or no fuzz, so it doesn't have to be peeled.
5. Their small size lends itself to being eaten out of hand.
6. The frost-hardy, highly pest- and disease-resistant trees are easy to grow in most areas.
7. You can count on donut peach trees to produce an abundant harvest up to twice as many peaches as other varieties.
8. The trees bloom earlier in the spring than other varieties, and put on an absolutely spectacular show of pink blossoms.
9. Most of the nursery stock is now grafted to dwarf roots, making easy work of pruning and harvesting.
10. By planting a rarer variety of peach, you are helping to preserve biodiversity and maintain diverse seed stocks for generations to come.
11. They are about 60 calories each, a low calories sweet healthy snack. Its hard to complain