Any suggestions on shipping peaches?

[Tobra]

So I want to ship some peaches cross country. Will have to be some sort of overnight express, and I will have to pick them before they are all the way ripe, but how to pack them? I figure maybe put a few cold pack deals in there, so they do not get cooked in the back of a truck somewhere, but maybe not, they seem to do okay hanging on a tree when it is triple digits. Perhaps get some foam egg crate type stuff, cut holes in it that are peach sized, then foam above and below.

They are a a bit fragile, be easier to overnight eggs, at least they have shell on them. Any suggestions?

[azasadny]

I would try packing them in popcorn (the real kind, not the styrofoam kind)...

[id10t]

Whats the planned end use of 'em? If not eating fresh w/ no prep other than washing, I'd pick them ripe, cut 'em up and freeze 'em and send a frozen block w/ appropriate cooling.

[Super_Dave_D]

Most growers ship samples to us in foam with holes cut out for each peach or what ever the fruit it.

[mikeesik]

Hello.
My Father has a nice orchard and he has shipped everything from tomato's to peaches 1000km with Greyhound over to me.

You don't need to keep them cool.

All he did was wrap up the peaches in a good quality paper towel and then wrap it again in news-paper.
Line the box with crumpled news-paper and then in between the peaches. Cover the top with a thick layer of uncrumpled paper.
Some peaches will be sacrificed but on the whole most will survive.