If you think this summer’s fruit seems smaller than you remember, you’re right. And if you think it tastes better, you’re probably right as well. The two things are connected and both are caused by the crazy winter that wasn’t.
Almost across the board, farmers say, peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots and even cherries are much smaller than normal. But smaller does not mean lesser. While that fruit may not be quite as impressive to look at as in the past, the flavor more than makes up for it.
“Fruit this year is running one to 1½ sizes smaller than normal,” says popular farmers market stone fruit grower Fitzgerald Kelly. “But boy, it has been eating really good.”
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