If I had a fresh peach as good as any of the ones you are describing, I certainly wouldn't drown it in sugar, fat, flavourings and flour and then cook it - I would eat it. And if it was as good as you say, I would then eat another one. delish. Seriously, pies are great, but why should one make such a fuss about degrees of excellence in a fruit which is about to be transformed so fundamentally into 'something else'? I'm sure any of these peaches would do. Probably some considerably less perfect ones would too.

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