Montana Peaches

A conjoined twin peach that I thought was awfully cute.  It only had one stem, but two lobed bottoms.

 I learned something new.  We can grow peaches in Montana.  I was shocked.  I guess I thought peaches only grew hot places with long growing seasons.  Not a fruit I think of when I think of Montana.  But, when we went to press cider over the weekend just down the alleyway was a peach tree so laden with fruit it was about to snap a limb.  I guess it doesn't fruit every year, but on a long, hot summer like this one it was going wild.  I am not the biggest peach fan, but I like them well enough to eat a couple warm-right-off-the-tree and to take a number home for a peach pie.  I've never made a peach pie before.

I emptied my basket of apples, but tossed in a few peaches for good measure.