id: 229

name: Nectarines

flavor_bible_name_variants: nectarines,peaches,violets

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status: draft

source: foodb,flavor_bible

food_db_name: Nectarine

flavor_db_name_variants: nectarine

name_scientific: Prunus persica var. nucipersica

description: The variety P. persica var. nucipersica (or var. nectarina), commonly called nectarine, has a smooth skin. It is on occasion referred to as a "shaved peach", "fuzzy-less peach", "juicy peach", or "Brazilian peach" due to its lack of fuzz or short hairs. Though fuzzy peaches and nectarines are regarded commercially as different fruits, with nectarines often erroneously believed to be a crossbreed between peaches and plums, or a "peach with a plum skin", nectarines belong to the same species as peaches. Several genetic studies have concluded nectarines are produced due to a recessive allele, whereas a fuzzy peach skin is dominant. Nectarines have arisen many times from peach trees, often as bud sports. As with peaches, nectarines can be white or yellow, and clingstone or freestone. On average, nectarines are slightly smaller and sweeter than peaches, but with much overlap. The lack of skin fuzz can make nectarine skins appear more reddish than those of peaches, contributing to the fruit's plum-like appearance. The lack of down on nectarines' skin also means their skin is more easily bruised than peaches.

itis_id: 530965

wikipedia_id: Nectarine#Nectarines

picture_file_name: 229.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 36256

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:43:12.000Z

legacy_id: 244

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Drupes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:27.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:20.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 323851

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00229