The Peach is said to have originated from China with evidence from as early as 2000 BC. Classified with the Almond, the kernel of the Peach stone apparently tastes remarkably similar to the Almond and is often used to make a cheaper version of marzipan known as Persipan! There are many varieties of this flavoursome fruit, all with very subtle differences but none the less each with a vision of beauty and fantastic eating qualities. We have picked out what we believe to be the more premium varieties for our brand and have listed a few of our favourites, together with their characteristics below: Sweet Dream This firm, smooth peach has its intense dark red coating over a yellow blanket background. Tending to be on the larger size with its flavoursome yellow flesh it produces a moreish low acidic but very sweet flavour and tends to be available from mid to end July. Sweet Henry A fairly new variety in comparison, developing good skin colour has a mild sweet flavour and low acidic levels. Donning a deep red appearance, the flesh is firm and rather tasty, and is one of our late season varieties. Sweet Regal A very sumptuous yellow flesh sweet variety has an intensely sweet aroma. Highly versatile, this particular variety is not only used for snacking but also as a fresh juice and for baking and is very popular to blend to a puree and used for baby food.