(CNN) — The Peach State lost more than 90% of this year’s crop after abnormally warm weather this winter and a late-season freeze, Dario Chavez, an associate professor of Horticulture at the ...

"For cobblers, I tend to reach for freestone peaches when they're in season," D'Aniello said. "They're much easier to work with since the pit releases cleanly from the flesh, making prep a lot ...

The bulk of early peaches, dating to before 1600, come from coastal Florida and Georgia. The fruit then spread across a swath of northern Florida and southern Georgia between 1625 and 1640.

More than 90% of the Peach State’s peaches were lost this year after extreme winter weather ... Calif. Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. (Photo by Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) ...