Our third episode is called Different Kinds of Peaches.. Did you know that peaches originally came from China where they have been cultivated for over 3000 years? Today, in China, there are more than 1000 unique types of peaches! Spanish missionaries actually brought peaches to the New World in 1571. We grow from 100-200 different cultivars of peaches in the United States. Today, we will teach you how to identify several different types of peaches.