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As far as I'm aware, only peaches and nectarines are the same species there. They're all in the Prunus genus, but split across several subgenera.
by AlotOfReading 6y ago
As far as I'm aware, only peaches and nectarines are the same species there. They're all in the Prunus genus, but split across several subgenera.
- petre 6y agoCorrect, the peach tree is called Prunus Persicus and was brought by the Romans to Europe from Persia. And the wilder ones are not sour but bitter and have a very distinctive aroma.
- ncmncm 6y agoThank you, corrected. "The numerous forms grade into each other so imperceptibly and inextricably that the genus cannot readily be broken up into species." -- Liberty Hyde Bailey, 1898
- masklinn 6y agoThough it’s definitely true that they’re close relatives. A prof of Syracuse University has created trees which yield 40 different stone fruits each from almonds through apricots to peaches.