Peach and Nectarine

Peaches are known for their soft velvety skin and their sweet aromatic and juicy flesh. Nectarines are a type of peach, but with a smooth skin. Some people think that nectarines are a cross between peach and plum, but this is not true.

This page provides some basic information on peach and nectarine, some peach photos and some proverbs about peaches.

Basic information on peach and nectarine

Scientific name:	Prunus persica
English:	Peach Nectarine
Dutch:	Perzik Nectarine Nectarijn Gladde perzik
Spanish:	Melocotonero Duraznero Melocotón Piesco Durazno Nectarina Briñón
French:	Pêcher Pêche Nectarine Nectarinier
German:	Pfirsich Pfirsichbaum Nektarine
Italian:	Pesco Pesca Nettarina

Family:	Rosaceae
Order:	Rosales

Origin:	China
Distribution:

Evergreen or deciduous:	Peaches are deciduous trees.
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Fruits:	The peach fruit has yellow or whitish flesh with a very delicate aroma and one large seed in the center. The skin of the fruit has a velvety surface. Another fruit that is closely related to peach is the nectarine, which has a smooth skin. cannot grow in the tropics.
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Height:	Peach trees are 4 to 10 meter tall.
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Diseases:	Leaf curl disease. Fruits are sensitive to brown rot.
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Uses:	Most peaches are eaten fresh as a snack or dessert. They are also sold in cans or as peach juice.

Peach photos

Proverbs about peach

Everything is not all peaches and cream.
Peel a fig for your friend, a peach for your enemy.
Prickly pear trees don't produce peaches.
Receive a plum, return a peach.

Quotes

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Recipes

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