I love the peaches I grew up with - we had a tree in front of our suburban home in Clifton, NJ that produced prodigious quanties of juicy, perfectly textured peaches. We canned and froze what we couldn't eat. I don't remember pies. I remember peach juice running down my arms and dripping from my elbows as I helped my mother with all the peeling and slicing. They were 'free stone' peaches so the prep was easy. I have given up on ever eating a peach like that again and have not bought peaches in years. However, I think I will look around now and try to find some of the varieties that are mentioned above. I love pie - it's my favorite dessert - I think I have to try this one. I know the peachoid tower on Rt. 85 - we pass it when we visit my sister in Georgia. In our family it's the 'butt' of many jokes. Thanks for the website. I enjoyed reading about it.

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