Question I have is which season is this for you? It helps to put things in context. The first 3 seasons my Korean Giant (AKA Olympic) fruited I was as excited as you seem to be with it. Now after about 17 years of crops that have become huge- not so much. Yes, it's intensely sweet, drippingly juicey with a wonderful texture. Still, with all that, I no longer eat a lot of them. I like some aroma and acid with all that sugar now. I use most of the huge fruit as party gifts all winter. Much more impressive than a bottle of wine, and for me,much cheaper.

One thing seems strange though, inland from you a bit (you're in NY's banana belt) KG never ripens before October. On my tree, which misses some morning sun, I sometimes keep fruit on into Nov. and rarely have any ready to eat until mid-Oct. You sure you were given the right variety? I grow it on some pretty warm sites.

On the subject of peaches, my later ones finally sweetened up nicely- not great but real good. Between Madison, J H Hale, Encore, Harcrest, and Elberta, the ones coming off the Elberta, Harcrest and Encore are best.

I really like Encore, which on a normal year would be the only peaches still coming out of the tree. It has an acid kick and that makes it more pleasing to me than Autumn Glo, the late I used to grow. Because of the smaller fruit, I think it may be less susceptable to brown rot too.

A bit earlier, PF 23 was quite good, but the picking season was too short and later peaches got mushy. Coral Star was only so-so but I overcropped it and it was on a bigger tree than PF 23 so the comparison isn't really valid. Last year and the year before, Coralstar was probably my best peach and it has a nice long picking season.

I'm almost out of the Hardi-red nectarines in my fridge. They will be sorely missed but fondly remembered.