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== Picture ==
Does anyone know why cultivar groups aren't listed for fruits on wikipedia?  I was wondering why it didn't list Japanese peaches as being distinct from other peaches.  It seems like there are differences between fruits in the same species that are significant enough to require their own sections, if not their own articles entirely.

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== Picture ==
Why is there a picture of a nectarine at the head of the article, instead of one with a real peach? See for example [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perzik]

== Naming question ==
True or false: this article belongs at [[Peach and nectarine]]. [[User:66.245.125.9|66.245.125.9]] 23:00, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

False. Nectarines are a subspecies of peach and are nicely dealt with in [[peach]]. Should every article with a subspecies be named so? Who's going to look for [[nectarine and peach]]? Anyone looking for peaches finds peaches; anyone looking for nectarines finds them here as well via the [[nectarine]] page's redirect to [[peach]].  [[User:Premeditated Chaos|PMC]] 00:06, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)

True or false: Peach stones contain cyanide? Seems this article should make some mention of that, either to confirm or debunk it.
:'''True''' and '''False'''.  Fruits (and wilting leaves(?)) of the rose family, including cherries, apples, plums, almonds, peaches, apricots, rasberries, and crabapples, contain in their seeds substances known as "[[cyanogenetic glycosides]]" (the most important of which is [[amygdalin]]).  A glycoside is a molecule which decomposes in water into a sugar molecule and another, nonsugar (in this case hydrogen [[cyanide]] gas (hence cyanogenetic)).  A child is in serious danger if she ingests more than a couple of the most poisonous of these, the bitter almond, with about 50 putting an adult into mortal danger. [http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=160122 google answers] [[User:Smmurphy|Smmurphy]]<sup>([[User talk:Smmurphy|Talk]])</sup> 06:05, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

== Nectarine History ==

Competing views: 

(1) Google 'nectarine' and 'Washington', click Encyclopedia.com link and click Washington Times link; 

(2) http://www.thefruitpages.com/peaches.shtml; 

(3) http://westernfarmpress.com/news/farming_song_family_quality_2/; 

(4) http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c107:2:./temp/~c107In4xB1::;

(5) http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/9109631p-10010541c.html.

Need to determine different variations of nectarine and when each variation was developed?

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I've removed this sentence:

"the U.S. government has formally adopted the view that nectarines were (or its modern peach-rivalling variant was) first developed by Korean Americans in the early 20th Century (see 107th Congress, Resolution 185)"

(1) the US Congress resolution is a political decision not based on the facts of historical literature; it has no relevance in any international encyclopedia

(2) The [[Oxford English Dictionary]] records the first use of the word 'nectarine' in 1616, so clearly the fruit had been developed by then; also that in 1664 [[John Evelyn]] stated "Now also plant peaches and nectarines", and two other pre-1700 references.

(3) The ''RHS Dictionary of Gardening'' comments that the nectarine is "common in parts of Turkestan" as an indigenous plant or at least introduced before recorded history, and that "in Britain, John Rea in 1676 listed 35 named [[cultivar]]s of peaches and 11 named cultivars of nectarines".

(4) The [http://www.thefruitpages.com/peaches.shtml link] cited at (1) above states nectarines were already introduced into America by 1720.

So while 20th century Korean Americans may well have been important in breeding modern American nectarine cultivars, they clearly did not play any part in the original discovery and development of the nectarine. I suspect to find that, it will be necessary to study ancient Chinese and Korean literature (i.e., where peaches originally came from). - [[User:MPF|MPF]] 19:20, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Perhaps include what you stated, then, as a distinction of nectarine breeds:

"20th century Korean Americans may well have been important in breeding modern American nectarine cultivars...."

As well as the other relevant information you mention above.  =)


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I've just heard it claimed by a plant geneticist on a BBC4 documentary about John Wyndham that the modern nectarine is a mutation artificially produced by radiation.  Also: [http://www.swans.com/library/art8/aah025.html].  This would be remarkable if true, but I can't see any evidence for it.
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The man you saw in that BBC4 documentary (Dr. Keith Roberts) just sent a reply to my request for information:

"I am afraid it is some time now since I contributed as a plant biologist to that John Wyndham programme, and I have now been retired from the John Innes Centre for nearly ten years. I have looked for my file on the research I did for this, but it seems to have been thrown away. Anyhow, let me just say what I was trying to convey, which is that Wyndham’s story had the clear and explicit context of the cold war obsession with Soviet genetics (including Lysenko), shown by the fact that the hero, Bill Mason, actually thinks the USSR ‘bioengineered' the triffids, which were released into the wild. In the fifties it was commonplace across the world to use a variety of irradiation methods (gamma rays, X-rays) to induce useful mutations in commercial plant varieties, in particular cereals such as wheat and barley, and the USSR was no exception. 

It has long been known that peaches and nectarines are in fact the same species, and differ only in the mutant variant of a single gene they possess that confers either hairyness (peaches) or smooth skin (nectarine). This simple mutation has been known as a ‘sport’ for hundreds of years but has also been isolated in numerous more recent screens of mutagenised populations of peaches. What I cannot locate is my original source that the USSR had done this too, but that was only a single simple example of the general idea of using radiation mutagenesis to benefit plant breeding, the source of some of Wyndham’s concerns.

Here are a few references that you can look up online about mutation breeding in general:

(tinyurl.com/zrofu6t)(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_breeding)(www.iaea.org/.../NCL.../_Public/08/334/8334910.pdf...)(hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/40/1/5.full.pdf )

I hope that helps,
Keith Roberts

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== Nectarine section not entirely visible due to image ==

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Yeah, I can't see the first few words of that article.  Something should be done about that, I feel.  Unfortunately, I don't think I know how to do that myself.

== Pictures ==

Very good pictures! Not too little or too much, and all very well shot. [[User:Sweetloulou|loulou]] 17:18, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

== No sources ==

So many "facts" are mentioned here with no sources.  Nice case of wikiality.--[[User:Firebird2k6|Firebird]] 06:50, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


Has anyone seen that peach from Columbia that isnt a peach but has been classified as one?

== Nectarine=Peach+Plum: popular misconception? ==

When I was growing up, I was told that a nectarine was a cross between a peach and a plum.   Is this a widely-held misconception?  If so, it would be interesting to remark on it in the article (but maybe it was just me).  --[[User:ScottAlanHill|ScottAlanHill]] 03:42, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
:I, too, remember hearing this, and Wikipedia is the first place I've ever seen them referred to as merely a cultivar of the peach rather than a distinct fruit or hybrid. Not that I've spent a lot of time researching the matter... --[[User:Haruo|Haruo]] ([[User talk:Haruo|talk]]) 01:21, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

==That Ol' Moldy Peach==
I removed [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:DecayingPeachSmall.gif Image:DecayingPeachSmall.gif] from the article.  While admittedly both cool and gross, the animation has no relevancy '''to the article''' besides the fact that it involves a peach.  That's peachy 'n all, but I really don't think there is any context in the article to support this *.gif.  Definitely keep this animation circulating the 'net though, no? --[[User:Old american century|'oac' (old american century)]] | [[User talk:OAC|Talk]] 03:43, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

The article has fairly good pics now.
Mold on the surface of peaches is a common experience in ordinary lives.  A picture of such surface mold would be a good addition to the article.
-[[Special:Contributions/69.87.200.100|69.87.200.100]] ([[User talk:69.87.200.100|talk]]) 20:20, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

== Nectarines ==

I'm kind of curious why [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peach&diff=137030739&oldid=136919284 this edit] moved the nectarine to [[nectarine|its own page]], without any discussion first.  [[User:76.202.58.168|76.202.58.168]] 17:59, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
:I'd be inclined to merge them back together again; there's no significant difference between them (e.g. a white-flesh peach and a white-flesh nectarine are more alike each other, than a white-flesh peach and a yellow-flesh peach are). I'll merge it back in a week or so if no further comment emerges. - [[User:MPF|MPF]] 10:25, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

==Trivia/Production Map Inconsistencies==

The map showing worldwide peach production is inconsistent with the trivia entry on the three highest peach producers in the U.S. Unless I'm missing something, it's not possible for the NE to be a producer of 20% of the total produced by China if the top three U.S. producersv (none of which are located in the NE) don't make the map. If the top three U.S. producers don't produce greater than 1% of China's total, I'm almost certain that the NE doesn't produce 20%. Given the trivia entry is cited, I've been able to independently corroborate the trivia entry and the fact that the map appears to be original research with no sources, I'm removing the map. [[User:NihilisticMystic|NihilisticMystic]] 19:45, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

==Nutrients section==

This article lacks a Nutrients/medicinal value section like at [[Guava]] and [[Mango]]. Are peaches worthless from a nutrition standpoint? One would think so reading the article. [[User:5Q5|5Q5]] ([[User talk:5Q5|talk]]) 22:25, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

== due to its... ==

Due to its delicious taste and soft texture, in ancient China "peach" was also a slang word for "young bride".
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==Florida Peaches==
Would this be the place to add information about Florida peaches?  Or would it need it's own category?[[User:Floridapeaches|Floridapeaches]] ([[User talk:Floridapeaches|talk]]) 23:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

== Growing season ==

Could someone knowledgeable add a section on typical growing seasons for peaches?  Maybe a map showing when they are harvested or something. [[User:Unschool|Unschool]] ([[User talk:Unschool|talk]]) 05:58, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

== Prunus persica ==

If anyone can add ''botanical'' information about [[prunus persica]], please start an actual article, so that it doesn't simply redirect to the food page.  [[User:Tealwisp|Tealwisp]] ([[User talk:Tealwisp|talk]]) 23:12, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

==Height of plant==
In the introduction, 2 heights are given for the plant. One saying "5-10m" (approx 15-30 feet), and the other one is at the end of the intro saying "small tree, up to 15ft". I think what has happened here is that the editors who added those in are looking at different cultivars of peach and something should be added to say what the height of the most common cultivar is, or to mention that they vary greatly in height depending on cultivar and give some ranges. - [[User:Faded_Mantis|Faded_Mantis]] ([[User talk:Faded_Mantis|Talk]]) 13:42, 6 April 2009 (NZST)  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/118.90.9.244|118.90.9.244]] ([[User talk:118.90.9.244|talk]]) </span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


==Reference China==
Although its botanical name Prunus persica suggests the peach is native to Persia, peaches actually originated in China where they have been cultivated since the early days of Chinese culture. Peaches were mentioned in Chinese writings as far back as the tenth century BC and were a favoured fruit of kings and emperors [Citation needed] <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:24.80.113.143|24.80.113.143]] ([[User talk:24.80.113.143|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/24.80.113.143|contribs]]) 01:07, April 13, 2010 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

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== Nectarine question ==

Fifty years ago, I think I remember that nectarines would become somewhat soft and sweet, more or less like an ordinary peach. Am I misremembering? Nowadays they stay hard and tart for a long time, then go straight to rotten.[[User:Tldoran|Tldoran]] ([[User talk:Tldoran|talk]]) 23:55, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

==Congratulations==

Congratulations to Wikipedia! At least this article should end the oft-held nonsense about the nectarine being a hybrid of a [[peach]]
and a [[plum]]. It (i.e. the nectarine)  is not  - it is simply a smooth-skinned peach. [[User:ACEOREVIVED|ACEOREVIVED]] ([[User talk:ACEOREVIVED|talk]]) 16:04, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

==Ripening peaches==

Currently the article claims that "Peaches do not ripen after being picked from the tree, so storing for ripening is not necessary." This claim contradicts both my personal experience and thousands of cooking and gardening related webpages giving advice on how to best ripen peaches. Can someone check the source and see if this is just some kind of misunderstanding? [[Special:Contributions/93.133.217.120|93.133.217.120]] ([[User talk:93.133.217.120|talk]]) 21:39, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

== Doughnut peaches ==

Seems odd that the doughnut peach (aka [[Saturn peach]]) has its own article, which is not linked to from here, while the nectarine and peacharine are treated as subsections here. I'm half inclined to suggest merging. --[[User:Haruo|Haruo]] ([[User talk:Haruo|talk]]) 01:23, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm inclined to suggest a nectarine article. We give a page for any commercial variety, in general. Apples - Fuji, Gala, Honeycrisp, all get their own pages. If it gets its own bin in the supermarket, then it gets its own page on Wikipedia. (So, there can be no nectarine page, BUT specific named varieties of nectarine WILL get their own page?) [[User:Drsruli|Drsruli]] ([[User talk:Drsruli|talk]]) 09:06, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

== Nectarine needs his own article! ==

I strongly suggest that Nectarine should be moved and treated in his own article! [[User:Slighter82|Slighter82]] ([[User talk:Slighter82|talk]]) 15:44, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

:I agree. [[User:Drsruli|Drsruli]] ([[User talk:Drsruli|talk]]) 09:07, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

== Grammar/usage ==

This article is chock-full of grammatical errors, usage errors, and poorly-written unsourced claims. It should really be re-written by someone fluent in English who is willing to provide support for claims or leave them out.

I would also mention there is some archaic usage: "whence" in the first section.

== List of peach and nectarine cultivars needed ==

Wikipedia desperately needs a "List of peach and nectarine cultivars" page. For a similar example for strawberries, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_strawberry_cultivars . (Sorry but I do not have the time to start such a page at this time.) [[User:Bhami|Bhami]] ([[User talk:Bhami|talk]]) 16:14, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

== Repetition ==

Note that the description of clingstone and freestone peaches occurs twice, once under "Description" and once under "Cultivars."  One uses the word "stone" for the seed; the other, the American "pit."  Why not combine them and use "pit or stone" or vice versa.  That way, everyone's happy.  [[User:Kostaki mou|Kostaki mou]] ([[User talk:Kostaki mou|talk]]) 14:16, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

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== Do the work yourself ==

Learn to respect reasonable edits, don't be so lazy and do the work yourself, and stop squatting on the article. [[User:Zedshort|Zedshort]] ([[User talk:Zedshort|talk]]) 23:47, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
:It the responsibility of the person wishing to add content to [[WP:PROVEIT|Prove it]] not everyone else. [[User:Mcmatter|McMatter]] <sup>([[User talk:Mcmatter|talk]])</sup>/<sub>([[Special:Contributions/Mcmatter|contrib]])</sub> 23:49, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

== Fossil peaches ==

Further evidence of Chinese origin has recently been published: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep16794 - Peaches Preceded Humans: Fossil Evidence from SW China [[User:William Avery|William Avery]] ([[User talk:William Avery|talk]]) 22:40, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

== Historical inconsistances e.g. in France and England ==

From the article: "The peach was brought to the Americas by Spanish explorers in the 16th century, and eventually made it to England and France in the 17th century, where it was a prized and expensive treat. "

However, the source of the first citation in this article, Faust, M. and Timon, B. (1995) Origin and Dissemination of Peach, in Horticultural Reviews, Volume 17, states there is evidence of peach cultivation in southern France from the first century CE. Literary mentions in France begin circa 530. In 1275 trees were planted in the gardens of Edward I of England.

There are a number of inconsistencies in the history section that do not jive with the research from this well-sourced article.

[[Special:Contributions/142.169.78.52|142.169.78.52]] ([[User talk:142.169.78.52|talk]]) 16:57, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

== Value in woodworking? ==

Maybe pages on trees should have a section on the value of the wood in woodworking. [[User:Will Pittenger|Will]] <small>([[User talk:Will Pittenger|Talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Will Pittenger|contribs]])</small> 06:35, 15 September 2016 (UTC)

: {{ping|Will Pittenger}} This suggestion would be better directed to [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Plants]], since there's nothing in it specific to the peach tree.--[[User:Thnidu|Thnidu]] ([[User talk:Thnidu|talk]]) 16:37, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

== Alexander the Great ==

Regarding the claim that Alexander the Great introduced the peach to Greece, there is absolutely no historical evidence for this at all. That's why the source listed here does not list any sources itself. What's really weird is that literally everyone who repeats this story in the literature fails to mention any ancient source. I have since found one source that has stated this in a publication: 

Alan Davidson, Oxford Companion to Food, Oxford University Press: Oxford 1999, p. 588. (an updated reference to the most recent edition would be great if anyone has access)

This isn't a crazy big deal, but I've changed the sentence, following Davidson, to read:

"It is often assumed that Alexander the Great introduced the fruit into Europe after he conquered the Persians, although there is no historical evidence for this belief."

and I've added a reference to Davidson. My preferred solution would be to simply take it out, or perhaps move it to a section at the end of peach-lore, but I suspect it's most useful for this to appear in the section on History (since people will be more likely to look there if they've heard the story from elsewhere).  <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Ancientmedicine|Ancientmedicine]] ([[User talk:Ancientmedicine#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Ancientmedicine|contribs]]) 19:09, 3 April 2018 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== "larger and more compressed" ==

§ [[Peach#History| History]] says in the second paragraph: 
: A domesticated peach appeared very early in Japan, in 4700–4400 BC, during the Jōmon period. It was already similar to modern cultivated forms, where the peach stones are significantly larger and more compressed than earlier stones.
This seems like a contradiction. Compressing something makes it smaller, not larger. The word here may refer to something like surface texture, e.g. more wrinkly-looking, but it should be clarified. --[[User:Thnidu|Thnidu]] ([[User talk:Thnidu|talk]]) 15:58, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
::I suspect it may mean laterally compressed, i.e. flatter. Stay tuned... [[User:Just plain Bill|Just plain Bill]] ([[User talk:Just plain Bill|talk]]) 19:05, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

==Emoji==
Someone else added an edit that mentioned the emoji and an reviewer accepted the (unsourced) pending edit. I don't think that the pending edit should have been accepted, but since it had been, I at least tried to make the content fit in the article. Frankly, I'd rather just have the discussion of the emoji removed. [[User:Psu256|Psu256]] ([[User talk:Psu256|talk]]) 15:28, 28 August 2019 (UTC)

:You beat me to the punch on adding a source, and it was better than I found. If it were just the emoji, I would consider deleting it as trivia. Symbolism might me an appropriate addition, but I haven't figured out how to approach it with the existing "cultural significance" section. Possible additional source: [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311809020_The_Peach_in_Milton's_Paradise_Lost_Marvell's_Garden_and_Eliot's_Prufrock_Etymology_Sin_and_Transgression]. To me, adding the emoji opened up a can of worms I'm not up for repackaging. [[User:BiologicalMe|BiologicalMe]] ([[User talk:BiologicalMe|talk]]) 00:16, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

==Merger proposal==
{{Discussion top|result=The result of this discussion was to proceed with the merge. [[User:Kstern|Kstern]] ([[User talk:Kstern|talk]]) 02:46, 30 December 2020 (UTC)}}
Proposing merging [[Peach (fruit)]] into this article. Much of the content overlaps. The disambiguation on this page even says "This article is about the tree and its fruit", yet the fruit has its own article for some reason. [[User:Kstern|Kstern]] ([[User talk:Kstern|talk]]) 19:31, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
*'''Support.''' High degree of overlap merits merging. No discernible value to two separate articles. [[User:Zefr|Zefr]] ([[User talk:Zefr|talk]]) 22:54, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
*'''Support.''' With the overlap accounted for, the merged article could still be a [[WP:TOOBIG|manageable size]]. [[User:Just plain Bill|Just plain Bill]] ([[User talk:Just plain Bill|talk]]) 23:22, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
*'''Support.''' I don't think merging the article will cause much of an inconvenience to readers. I agree with Bill's reasoning on this one. [[User:Scorpions13256|Scorpions13256]] ([[User talk:Scorpions13256|talk]]) 12:29, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
*'''Support.''' It's basically the same subject so yes a merge is warranted. [[User:Wikiman5676|Wikiman5676]] ([[User talk:Wikiman5676|talk]]) 05:01, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
*'''Support'''.[[User:Davidbena|Davidbena]] ([[User talk:Davidbena|talk]]) 00:26, 29 December 2020 (UTC)
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== Logically, nectarines would merit their own page ==

How is this different from Cabbage, Broccoli, Kale, Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts all the same species, but commercially distinct? [[User:Drsruli|Drsruli]] ([[User talk:Drsruli|talk]]) 07:00, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
:If you can write a sufficiently long article then I agree. Their genetics are very similar however and so their pest management is the same. I don't know if merely the difference in texture merits a separate article. [[User:Invasive Spices|Invasive Spices]] ([[User talk:Invasive Spices#top|talk]]) 1 July 2022 (UTC)
"I don't know if merely the difference in texture merits a separate article. " The same might be wondered for the examples that I gave, Kale and Collard Greens, etc. [[User:Drsruli|Drsruli]] ([[User talk:Drsruli|talk]]) 22:32, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

== Puzzling sentence in History section ==

I like to tidy grammar when I can, but I'm puzzled by the intent of this sentence: "An article on peach tree cultivation in Spain is brought down in Ibn al-'Awwam's 12th-century agricultural work, Book on Agriculture." I suspect this is some kind of artifact of lifting a section from another language (probably French, as the reference is to a French article), with a poor translation. I would speculate that it ought to read something like "Peach tree cultivation is discussed in..." but I find the intent of the phrase as found too incoherent to be sure. [[Special:Contributions/2001:56A:F0E9:9B00:712A:8A27:217F:B60F|2001:56A:F0E9:9B00:712A:8A27:217F:B60F]] ([[User talk:2001:56A:F0E9:9B00:712A:8A27:217F:B60F|talk]]) 20:31, 22 August 2022 (UTC)JustSomeWikiRreader

== Peacherines ==

"Peacherines are claimed to be a cross between a peach and a nectarine, but as they are the same species cannot be a true cross (hybrid); they are marketed in Australia and New Zealand."
- If you can cross broccoli with cauliflower, then you can legitimately cross peaches and nectarines.
[[User:Drsruli|Drsruli]] ([[User talk:Drsruli|talk]]) 22:31, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

== Angiosperm phylogeny 4 group  ==

the taxonomic classification between this and whats on wikispecies and a lot of pages on different plants is not upto date based on the latest apg four group taxonomic findings.   the traditional structure of kingdom phylum etc isnt as rigid and consistent, because while the goals of taxonomy being stability and predictability they conflict at times and the more genetic studies and other molecular markers they add to things, some things shift and the traditional structure isnt always the best so they get rid of phylum and have these things called clades and ive noticed if looking at it ever and trying to make sense what a sub genus or sub family or clade this or that is, while those works can have some general meaning for what they are, in general they are just another split in the evolutionary tree for that species.   trying to outline this for my garden was a bit confusing once i realized the taxonomy system had been updated. but once i made sense it wasnt bad.  just thought id say that i notice the inconsistency between the wikispecies page for this and how the taxonomy is represented on all these plant pages.  why they arent linked i dont know.  [[User:H2orocks4001|H2orocks4001]] ([[User talk:H2orocks4001|talk]]) 19:56, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

== Add to #Cultivars   #External links ==

Add to #Cultivars 

<nowiki>Different countries have different cultivars. In France, there are full-bodied and delicate-skinned peach varieties such as ''Grosse Mignonne''<ref name="HC/gm">{{cite web |title=Prunus persica ‘Grosse Mignonne’ |url=https://hortuscamden.com/plants/view/prunus-persica-l.-batsch.-var.-grosse-mignonne |website=Hortus Camdenensis |publisher=hortuscamden.com |access-date=8 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="FT/mPo">{{cite news |title=The Fruits of Paris: The Preservation and Rebirth of Montreuil’s Peach Orchards |url=https://francetoday.com/travel/paris/the_fruits_of_paris_the_preservation_and_rebirth_of_montreuil_s_peach_orchards/ |access-date=8 August 2024 |work=France Today |date=11 November 2015}}</ref> and ''Têton de Venus'',<ref name="F-v/mP">{{cite news |title=Montreuil peach - Gastronomy & Holidays guide |url=https://www.france-voyage.com/gastronomy/montreuil-peach-557.htm |access-date=8 August 2024 |work=France-Voyage.com |language=en}}</ref> grown beside [[peach wall]]s  in [[Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis]] and transplanted to New York State.<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47263 The peaches of New York by U. P. Hedrick] [[Project Gutenberg]]</ref>
{{Commons category|Peaches in art}}
</nowiki>

Add to #External links:

<nowiki>{{Commons category|Peaches in art}}</nowiki>

[[Special:Contributions/98.248.161.240|98.248.161.240]] ([[User talk:98.248.161.240|talk]]) 21:02, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

== ADD THIS: Simply put, a nectarine is a fuzz-free peach. ==

https://www.rosbreed.org/breeding/dna-tests/peach/fruit-type

The indelG DNA test is 100% predictive. Nectarine homozygotes will always lack pubescence. Heterozygotes will always have pubescence, but can produce nectarine offspring. Peach homozygotes will always have pubescence.

[[Special:Contributions/98.248.161.240|98.248.161.240]] ([[User talk:98.248.161.240|talk]]) 21:16, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
:Did you read the article? It says "Peaches and nectarines are the same species" and "The skin of nectarines lacks the fuzz (fruit-skin trichomes) that peach skin has; a mutation in a single gene (MYB25) is thought to be responsible for the difference between the two." [[User:Meters|Meters]] ([[User talk:Meters|talk]]) 22:29, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
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