Book excerpt: Excerpt from How Fresh Peaches Are Marketed Peaches originated in China several thousand years ago and were later introduced in Southern Europe. Peach trees are now grown in many areas of the world with temperate climates. Most of the world's peach production comes from Europe and North America. Europe produces about one-half of the world's peaches, and North America about one-fourth. The United States is the world's leading producer, followed by italy and France. More than one - half of the world's peaches are produced in these three countries. Other significant producers are South Africa, Argentina, Japan, Turkey, Greece, Spain, and Australia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.