The flat peach will be reappearing in our Fruit baskets and boxes this coming week so I thought that it was important to give you, my fellow fruit fans, some interesting information regarding these little beauties. Although this stunning fruit has a very unusual look to it, it has not been genetically modified as some might think. It is however not a well known fruit and due to its unusual appearance does scare a few people. With all the genetic modification taking place today I find it brilliant that people question the origins of an unusual shaped fruit, it truly means that we are keeping an eye on what we are consuming.
The Flat peach or Peento has been around for centuries though and was first introduced from China to the Western world in the 1860′s. It however did not have the desired impact as expected as people preferred the traditional round looking peach. The Flat peach remained popular enough though for some to keep it around and today there are many different varieties available. They remain however a costly and hard to find fruit and therefore we at Fruitful Office will only include them in our baskets for one or two weeks of the year. So enjoy these sweet and easy to eat peaches while you can!
Have a Fruitful week!
Fruit Guru
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