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Prunus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs from the family Rosaceae, which includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively stonefruit).The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, [4] being native to the temperate regions of North America, the neotropics of South America, and temperate and tropical regions of Eurasia and Africa, [5] There are about 340 ...
An apricot (US: / ˈ æ p r ɪ k ɒ t / ⓘ, UK: / ˈ eɪ p r ɪ k ɒ t / ⓘ) is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus Prunus.. Usually an apricot is from the species P. armeniaca, but the fruits of the other species in Prunus sect. Armeniaca are also called apricots. [1]
Peaches were introduced into the Americas in the 16th century by the Spanish. By 1580, peaches were being grown in Latin America and were cultivated by the remnants of the Inca Empire in Argentina. [65] Drying peaches at Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico c. 1900. In the United States the peach was soon adopted as a crop by American Indians.
Stone fruit season is hard to beat. There’s nothing like heading into the market to see the stalls full of fresh apricots, cherries, plums, peaches and nectarines, knowing you’ll leave with a ...
The short answer is yes. The taste and texture of peaches and nectarines are so similar that you can swap them out in any recipe. But although the variations between the two are slight, there are ...
When choosing canned peaches, Rofheart says to aim to limit added sugar by choosing fruit canned in water or their natural fruit juice, avoiding those canned in syrup or added juice. The Bottom Line
The rose family is considered one of the six most economically important crop plant families, [37] and includes apples, pears, quinces, medlars, loquats, almonds, peaches, apricots, plums, cherries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, sloes, and roses. Many genera are also highly valued ornamental plants.
This subgenus includes plums, apricots and bush cherries. Some species conventionally included in Prunus subg. Amygdalus are clustered with plum/apricot species according to molecular phylogenetic studies. [1] [2] Shi et al. (2013) has incorporated subg. Amygdalus into subg. Prunus, thereby including almonds and peaches in this subgenus. [1]