I’ve learned a lot about peaches this past week, as it’s my first time canning them. I’ve learned there are two types, freestone and clingstone. A clingstone is a peach that clings to the pit.

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The key fact to know about them though, is that the stone can easily be removed. With a Freestone peach, the inside flesh does not cling to the stone, which makes it easy to remove.