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Peaches
we exoprt Peaches and fresh Fruits exporter and Vegetables from Morocco
We
are wholesale suppliers and exporters of Peaches ( pêches
, melocotones , Pfirsiche , pesche )
The Peaches
is a tree native to China that bears a juicy fruit of the
same name.
It is a small deciduous tree growing
to 5–10 m tall, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae
of the family Rosaceae. Peaches is classified with the almond
in the subgenus Amygdalus within the genus Prunus, distinguished
from the other subgenera by the corrugated seed shell.
The leaves are lanceolate, 7–15
cm long and 2–3 cm broad. The flowers are produced in
early spring before the leaves; they are solitary or paired,
2.5–3 cm diameter, pink, with five petals. The Peaches
is a drupe, with a single large seed encased in hard wood
(called the "stone" or "pit"), yellow
or whitish flesh, a delicate aroma, and a velvety skin that
bruises easily. The seed is red, oval shaped and 1.5-2 cm
thick. Peaches, along with cherries, plums and apricots, are
stone fruits (drupes).
The scientific name persica derives
from an early European belief that peaches were native to
Persia (now Iran). The modern botanical consensus is that
they originate in China, Peaches were introduced to Persia
and the Mediterranean region along the Silk Road in early
historical times, probably by about 2000 BC (Huxley et al.
1992).
Cultivated peaches are divided
into "freestone" and "clingstone" cultivars,
depending on whether the flesh sticks to the stone or not;
both kinds can have either white or yellow flesh. Peaches
with white flesh typically are very sweet with little acidity,
while yellow-fleshed peaches typically have an acidic tang
coupled with sweetness, though this also varies greatly. Both
colours often have some red on their skin. Low-acid white-fleshed
peaches are the most popular kinds in China, Japan, and neighbouring
Asian countries, while Europeans and North Americans have
historically favoured the acidic, yellow-fleshed kinds
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