Nectarine

Prunus persica

fruit

A peach with smooth, glossy skin, the same species as the fuzzy peach, with white or yellow flesh, freestone or clingstone. It provides fibre and a little vitamin C.

Origin

China (mutation of the peach tree)

Season (United States)

June to September · grows in your region

Preparation

Only the stone is left, and its kernel is not crunched.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Beta-carotene (vitamin A)

Did you know?

It is not a cross: the botanist Hedrick showed in 1917 that the smooth skin is merely a simple mutation of the peach tree.