Today, June 21, 2014, is National Peaches & Cream Day. It is a simple, traditionally summertime dessert consisting of sliced peaches, whipped cream, and other ingredients, The peach is a deciduous tree, native to North-West China where they have been cultivated since the early days of Chinese culture, circa 2000 BC. The peach is classified with the almond distinguished by the corrugated seed shell.
