Sugar May Peaches

Another trip to the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market, produced another variety of peach to talk about. The Sugar May is dark red skinned peach with a white flesh. You might think that white flesh is something different, but actually all peaches use to be white-fleshed. The orange-fleshed varieties were created and became the dominant peach in America. But in recent years the white-fleshed peach has made a comeback.

The Sugar May peach was created in Modesto, California. It is ready to harvest about 16 days before red haven peaches, thus is an early season peach. If you get a ripe specimen you should be able to remove the stone without much trouble, even though these peaches are considered clingstone.

My Experience with this Peach (Rating Scale 1-10)
Acidity: 5
Peach Flavor: 7
Sweetness: 7
Juiciness: 5

Overall Feeling: This was probably the best white fleshed peach I have ever had before. The flavor was good and it was juicy and sweet. Typically I found that white peaches tend to be harder than orange fleshed peaches, so you may need to put them in a paper bag to soften for a couple days. Also when you have a dark red skin it’s harder to tell when they are ripe (redness does not equal ripeness). An orange hue on the peach indicates a ripe peach, but you can’t see that color when the peach is dark red. Also of note there was some red blush within the white flesh, which is the first I have seen in a white peach.

Where is the best place to buy a good peach? Click here to read my article on shopping for peaches.