In today's competitive world of produce - maintaining ideals about the quality and flavor of the fruits you grow has become increasingly difficult. David Mas Masumoto has had to compromise his ideals in order to keep making money off his peach orchard in southern California and in doing so is slowly weeding out a variety of peach his father began growing and one Masumoto still maintains is far better than any peach available today. In his book "Epitaph for a Peach" Masumoto writes about the demise of the "Suncrest" variety. "Epitaph for a Peach" is published by HarperSanFrancisco.
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