Pale fleshed, tasteless peaches, store bought in late summer. WTF?

Question

I don't recall eating any of these peaches before this year. On the outside they resemble those peachy-tart firm but juicy yellow fleshed normal peaches of early summer. But when you bite into one of these pale fleshed late summer peaches, there's no real peachy-tart taste. It tastes like a PEAR more than anything else. If I wanted pears, I'd buy pears. What sort of thing is this? I don't like them.

Answer 1

They probably were picked green, boxed up, and shipped, plus might have been "gassed" to force ripening.  If it isn't ripened on a tree, it won't taste like much.  

I always smell fruit before I buy it.  Sometimes I get dirty looks, but at least I don't end up with tasteless produce.  

Answer 2

Probably a White Peach picked half green mid to late summer for shipping to your location.  Only half green early peaches are "tart".  By mid summer, especially tree riped peaches are very sweet; never, ever tart.  But go bad very quick, no shelf life at all.  A late season tree ripened White Freestone (Cling Free) Peach tastes heavenly.

Answer 3

My theory is that they are force grown in hot houses.  You know that roses that are grown in hot houses have not fragrance, fruit grown in hot houses have no taste.

Answer 4

Where did you purchase your peaches?

If you purchased them at the grocery store, then just chalk it up to modern agriculture.  Modern food is grown to ripen at the same time, be the same size, look the same, and most importantly be able to handle being transported.

Things like tomatoes and peaches are only grown to have general uniformity, and thick skins.  They need thick skin, so they do not bruise during harvests, and transport.  

Things like vitamins, trace minerals, nutrition, and TASTE, are completely unimportant to modern farming.

The other possibilty is you got peaches that are really supose to be canning peaches.  They would be quiet firm of flesh, and probably have limited taste.  You dump so much sugar in, when canning peaches that they can be low in flavor at the start of the canning.

Sugestion, if you still have the peaches.  Wash them very well.  Cut them into slices, and put them in a bowl, sprinkle sugar over the top of the peaches.  This will draw the juices out, and impart more flavor.

When I say "sprinkle" it may be a cup of sugar or more, depending on how many peaches you have.

Cover the bowl, put in the fridge, and allow to sit several hours, to over night.  The peaches should look quiet juicy after a few hours.  They will taste conciderably better!  

You can also add cream, or milk to your sliced peaches when you eat them.

~Garnet

Permaculture homesteading/farming over 20 years

Answer 5

Buy your peaches at a farmers market, direct from the farmer and get Red Haven, they are the best. White peaches are also excellent (and they look like most other peaches on the outside, the flesh is white)

I have had a couple of newer varieties this year that were not all that good. I do not remember the names of these two varieties (not that that would matter in a grocery store where at best you have 2 varieties to choose from) but I did buy them direct from the grower

Answer 6

you probably got a white peach, and they are very tasteless and some times really bitter. I agree I don't like them either.