Celebrate National Peach Month with New Jersey Peaches!

PEACH EVENTS SHOW OFF JERSEY PEACHES AT THEIR BEST THIS SEASON

Sharpen up your senses, New Jersey peaches have hit the market, and is there anything closer to heavenly than a perfect peach? Bounteous supplies are available this season, with near-perfect color and sweetness; you can hardly find more delicious …and they’re nutritious — like dessert with health benefits.

Jersey-grown peaches are being celebrated with peach events and peach pie contests at community farmers markets, on-farm markets, restaurants and supermarkets. So, come on, get going and get lots. They’re only in season from late June through mid-September.

Jersey peaches come in yellow-flesh, white-flesh and flat/doughnut varieties. They’re rich in nutrients, each peach contains Vitamin A (570 IU per peach): orange-yellow skin indicates large amounts of beta-carotene Potassium (333 mg per peach, Fiber (2.6 grams per peach), magnesium, calcium, vitamin C and more – all packed into just 60 calories.

They’re sweetened by natural sugar, and packed with vital nutrients (Vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium fiber and more) — like dessert with health benefits. They’re also low in calories (just 60 in a medium-size peach), no saturated fats and packed with …But don’t just associate them with dessert; they’re great in green salads, cooked with pork, chicken and fish, even in chili.

The calendar and other New Jersey peach information can be found on www.jerseypeaches.com and facebook.com/newjerseypeaches. For further information, contact the New Jersey Peach Promotion Council, 800 Ellis Mill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028 email:  info@jerseypeaches.com

The New Jersey Peach Promotion Council is a non-profit voluntary organization of growers, shippers, wholesalers and associated industries dedicated to the orderly promotion and marketing of New Jersey peaches, thus preserving farmers and farmland and providing the highest quality and best tasting fresh local peaches for consumers.