It’s not the “peaches” in Palisade peaches that taste so good; it’s the “Palisade.”

Every element of Palisade’s place on Colorado’s Western Slope conspires to produce fruit unlike that from anywhere else: Dry, clear mountain air combined with lofty, closer-to-the-sun orchards allows for intense and unrefracted sunlight. That results in high pigment concentration in both fruit and skin (just like humans who tan poolside).

A constant day-to-night temperature swing — very warm daytimes and super-cool nighttimes — slowly ripens and develops both fruit sugars and flavor molecules, as well as retains fruity acidity, giving a Palisade peach not only luscious sweetness and flavor but also tangy, snappy definition.

Throughout history, the peach has been thought of loftily, its blossom adorning

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