" ¢Â Pull up a chair at the Peach Pit and learn a few fact about my menage state ’s signature fruit . Except … though Georgia is called the Peach State , we are really third in US peach production ( behind California and South Carolina ) . Undeterred , for New Years Atlanta still hosts an annualPeach Drop , and the state does boast thesweetest peachesto be find .
" ¢Â In fact , Georgia has another peachy title to fame : the ground of the former Berckmans Nursery , also known as Fruitland Nursery , in Augusta , Ga. , is now the site of the Augusta National Golf Club , plate to the annual Masters Tournament . Berckmans became famous for bring in new fruit varieties that were more suitable for growing in southerly climates . He develop or improved many type of beauty and finally became known as the " Father of Peach Culture " across the South .
" ¢ How can you narrate if a peach is right ? Just hold it ! It ’s right if it ’s indulgent to the touch when you transfuse your hand around the fruit . You ca n’t judge by the color of the fruit because dissimilar varieties have different one-sided skin and flesh – some yellow , some white , some pinkish , some redder in color .
" ¢Â Peach is always a marketable alternative - In the 1980s , Peachtree Software , an Atlanta - based computer software program company scented its ad and product pamphlet tosmell like beauty . ( Actually they smell more like a sweet , powdered potable ) . As far as fruity fortune goes , Super Mario’sPrincess Peachranked # 15 on Forbes Fictional 15 in 2007 with a net worth of $ 1.3 billion .
" ¢ Eat a peach ! Dame Nellie Melba , the Australian opera singer , gave her name not only to this sweet but also to Melba goner . The famous chef Auguste Escoffier of the Savoy saw her perform at Covent Garden in 1894 and was so impressed , the following day he created Peach Melba : dish , vanilla extract ice cream and bird sauce .
" ¢ You may know more about The Rockford Peaches than you remember – only two of the original four team in the All - American Girls Professional Baseball League make for all 12 years of the conference ’s existence . Â ( The Rockford Peaches were characterize in " A League of their Own . “Â The Peaches won the Championship in 1945,1948 and 1949 " “ but not in 1943 , as shown in the motion-picture show )
" ¢Â If you have a hard time eat healthy food , you could try tricking your mind ( maybe ) with theseDonut peaches . In the same vein as " square watermelons , " they are flavourless !
" ¢Â John and the Not - So - Giant Peach : JFK once received his semblance cut up onto apeach pit . And some other presidents were warm of peach tree ( and not just Jimmy Carter ) – the president of the United States , for representative , with that disturbed song " Peaches . " You get it on the one !
" ¢Â I have to admit , though I wish peach - flavored thing ( and odour ! ) I ’m not a fan of literal peaches ( maybe that ’s why the nickname " Peachy Keene " never chance ) . I should be deported from my land ! What about you , Flossers - how do you exhaust this juicy yield ? And Happy Cinco de Mayo ! To keep in theme with this post though : Bellinis , anyone ?
" ˜Dietribes ' appears every other Wednesday . Food photos have byJohanna Beyenbach . You might think back that name from our Emily Post about hercolorful diet . Â
