# Peaches: yellow or white? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012 "2017-06-27T21:22:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/1 "2017-06-27T21:22:26Z")
Which type tastes better? Need to prove my brother has no taste. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/2 "2017-06-27T21:27:40Z")
No difference. The thing that is important is whether they’re cling or freestone (freestone is better). ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/3 "2017-06-27T21:36:27Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > No difference. The thing that is important is whether they’re cling or freestone (freestone is better). Or in another castle ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/4 "2017-06-27T21:41:48Z")
There are so many different varieties available that it is a bit meaningless to try to simply compare yellow or white. But I will concur, freestone is the way to go. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/5 "2017-06-27T21:43:15Z")
White peaches are a thing? :dubious: 😕 :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/6 "2017-06-27T21:55:32Z")
Many white peach varieties, like white nectarines are IME lacking in acid. At their best they’re sweet and a little bland. They’re perfectly edible but not really to my taste. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/7 "2017-06-27T22:18:59Z")
I agree with Tamerlane. I prefer yellow peaches, because they are usually more sour. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/8 "2017-06-27T22:47:46Z")
Freestone yellow peaches. And I’m weird in that I’ve grown to love the supermarket peaches that are so firm that they crunch when you bite into them. (I also like the really fresh peaches that dribble juice down my chin and all over my shirt, but those are harder to get.) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/9 "2017-06-27T22:50:19Z")
The yellow freestones from my parent’s backyard. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/10 "2017-06-27T23:22:02Z")
I never even heard of “freestone”, I’m going to have to look into this. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/11 "2017-06-27T23:38:19Z")
Overall I prefer yellow peaches. I’ll make an exception for the Babcock peach, a white variety that has fantastic flavor and aroma. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen it in stores for years. My favorite nectarine variety is White Rose, which does show up at local produce markets. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/12 "2017-06-27T23:44:00Z")
I disagree with the consensus so far, I prefer cling peaches for flavor. Freestones are easier to eat, but seem to me to be a bit less juicy. When I was a kid and my mother canned peaches, she always wanted the cling peaches, even though it added hours to the prep. Maybe because it was us kids who had the job of halving and peeling the buggers. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/13 "2017-06-27T23:45:43Z")
Well, that’s your mistake right there. If you’ve got a fresh peach in your hand, what are you doing halving, peeling and canning it rather than just eating it out of hand? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/14 "2017-06-27T23:52:43Z")
Yellow? White? I always thought they were, y’know, peach-colored. Which one is the one that’s kinda pinkish? ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/15 "2017-06-28T00:18:29Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Yellow? White? I always thought they were, y’know, peach-colored. It’s referring to the [color of the flesh](http://www.grosvenormarket.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/peaches-yellow-and-white.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/16 "2017-06-28T00:34:56Z")
White peaches in my experience are flavorless ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/17 "2017-06-28T00:54:58Z")
White peaches are good, but they’re faintly perfumey to me when they’re perfectly ripened. Yellow peaches are my favorite of all fruits and I don’t care if they’re freestone or whatever as long as they’re ripe, even slightly overripe. It’s so hard to find a good peach these days, and it only lasts a few weeks out of the year. I have better luck finding good white peaches and nectarines. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/18 "2017-06-28T01:05:52Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I never even heard of “freestone”, I’m going to have to look into this. Basically, cling peaches cling to the stone. Freestone peaches Have the stone free of the fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/19 "2017-06-28T01:17:39Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > It’s referring to the [color of the flesh](http://www.grosvenormarket.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/peaches-yellow-and-white.jpg). Ah! Thank you! I’d never heard the distinction before. Truth to tell, I’d never heard of the two varieties before, so it would be bad etiquette for me to vote here. But, yumz, I love a nice juicy, messy, dripping peach! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012/20 "2017-06-28T01:19:44Z")
I bought a basket of South Carolina yellow freestone peaches on Saturday, and we gobbled them up: total sink peaches, juicy and delectable. Somehow, a white peach had slipped in there (the farmer selling them grew both varieties), so I tried it. Not…bad, but not nearly so flavorful as the yellow peaches. That’s been my experience. A mediocre unripe yellow peach tastes like a mediocre unripe white peach; but when they’re both ripe, the yellows win, hands down. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peaches-yellow-or-white/790012.md?page=2)