The boxes hold about 20 lbs of peaches. The Red Haven peaches are our first peach ready for the peach season. This peach is the first of our freestone peaches and are picked ripe enough that the pit comes out easily. This peach is our personal favorite to can (preserve) because they are very sweet and the size is great. They are de-licious! This peach is good for: eating, baking with, freezing, canning, drying, etc. This peach can bruise a little more than others, so they need to be handled gently and laid out flat in a cool place (or refrigerated is best) with nothing on top of them. If they bruise, just cut around the bruise and enjoy the fruit. Some peaches in the box will be "greener" than others, but all will be ready to eat shortly after you purchase your box. We pick our peaches once the sugar is in and the peaches are ripe. Some will be ready to eat immediately. If you refrigerate them, eat the ripest ones first. We try to pull from our fridge and set a few on the counter so we always have peaches ready to eat daily.