The Sun Crest Peach is a large, juicy freestone peach with a bright red blush over yellow skin that grows in California's San Joaquin Valley. Because of its fragility and difficulty in shipping, distributors and retailers are largely unwilling to handle the remarkable fruit and it is not widely available. The Masumoto family is currently one of the only producers taking the time to hand-select and pack the Sun Crest Peach.

In his wonderful book, Epitaph for a Peach, David Mas Masumoto extols the virtues of the Sun Crest:

 "When you wash that treasure under a stream of cooling water, your fingertips instinctively search for the gushy side of the fruit. Your mouth waters in anticipation. You lean over the sink to make sure you don't drip on yourself. Then you sink your teeth into the flesh and the juices trickle down your cheeks and dangle on your chin. This is  a real bite, a primal act, a magical sensory celebration  announcing that summer has arrived. Because it is fragile, there is no place in our current, conventional marketing system for the Sun Crest  peach. It is obsolete in a marketplace that values convenience over quality."  Nursery stock for the Sun Crest peach is available from Sonoma Antique Apple Nursery.