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
English:	Nectarine
Dutch:	Perzik
Dutch:	Nectarine
Dutch:	Nectarijn
Dutch:	Gladde perzik
Spanish:	Melocotonero
Spanish:	Duraznero
Spanish:	Melocotón
Spanish:	Piesco
Spanish:	Durazno
Spanish:	Nectarina
Spanish:	Briñón
French:	Pêcher
French:	Pêche
French:	Nectarine
French:	Nectarinier
German:	Pfirsich
German:	Pfirsichbaum
German:	Nektarine
Italian:	Pesco
Italian:	Pesca
Italian:	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.
Pollination:
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.

Photos

Proverbs

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.

Recipes

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