Living in the land of peaches and beaches, it's a reason to celebrate the fuzzy rotund, juicy fruit, in season now in Penticton. One of the most ancient domesticated fruits – with 4000 years of cultivation – its origins hail back to eastern China. Through time, travel and trade, the prunus persica took root through Asia, the Mediterranean and the Americas. Here in the Okanagan, the first fruit trees were planted in 1857.

The succulent peach comes in many different varieties, from donut, Redhaven, Glohaven and Cresthaven, to white or champagne. And eaten ripe right off the tree is a taste treat that one should seek out.

After the heavy crop losses of 2024, this year is a bumper crop, with farm stands and farmers' markets brimming with the spoils. At Brown Schneider Farm, a 4th generation

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