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.

| 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 |
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| 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. |
I have no peach recipe yet. Please send me a message if you want to contribute a tasty recipe to this page.
Last modified: 20 August 2010 - Copyright © 1995-2010 by Hein Bijlmakers - Contact me