A donut not for dunking.

• Position: California's donut peaches - Brief Article

Imagine your surprise when you reach for peaches in the produce section and find that they look like someone has sat upon them. After all, peaches are round, not flattish, aren't they? Well, they are unless they're donut peaches from Frieda's, Inc., Los Alamitos, Calif.

A descendent of the Chinese peach called peento, the donut peach is not a result of careless handling en route to the market. It is propagated to be flat, and the indentation in the center gives it a distinctive donut-like appearance, albeit an overstuffed one, since there is no actual hole. Okay, the shape makes it a conversation piece, but what about the taste? Ah, there's the best part. Of all the people we had sample the fruit, the unkindest thing said about it was "delicious."...