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peach

Yellow-reddish round edible fruit of the peach tree, which is cultivated for its fruit in temperate regions and has oval leaves and small, usually pink, flowers. The fruits have thick velvety skins; nectarines are a smooth-skinned variety. (Prunus persica, family Rosaceae.)
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Efforts to do this by some websites that suggest that nectarine Prunus persica nectarina history should begin in China in 2000 BC to correspond with the history of the peach is absurd for several reasons, unless it is assumed that a nectarine is a cultivar (variety) of a peach.
Historical Controversies of Nectarine Nomenclature, Prunus Persica ... by Pat Malcolm / Home improvement and landscaping community
Pink flowering peach trees, Prunus persica ''Pink'', cultivars can be purchased to bloom either early or late; White flowering peach, Prunus persica ''White'', can also be purchased in an early or late blooming cultivar; Prunus persica ''White Icicle'', Peppermint flowering peach trees produce variegated flowers randomly colored petals of red, pink, and white.
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