The peach or peach (Prunus persica) is the name of the tree and the fruit it produces, which contains a single large seed encased in a hard shell. This fruit, velvety skin, has a yellow flesh or whitish, sweet taste gives off a delicate scent.
This family includes more than 2,000 species of plants grasses, shrubs and trees distributed in temperate regions worldwide. The main fruits Europe, in addition to Rose, belong to this family.
There are hundreds of varieties that have been grouped five races, each with different characteristics, and maturation period own applications. nectarines and Paraguayans are of the best known in the Spanish market.
Varieties
Medium calibre, oblong, orangey colour, with a 20-30% orangey skin.Yellow pulp with a quite firm texture and good tasty quality.
Variable coloured fruits, from dark red or garnet, to orangey-red according to the location of the fruits on the tree, practically in the whole surface. Good presentation, intense colour and a very regular shape. The pulp is yellow, firm, with a thin and juicy texture.It has a rounded shape or lightly oval, quite regular. Good calibre, good colour and tasty quality variety.
Medium calibre. Dark red or garnet on fruits exposed to light. Round shape, thin, very juicy and loose stone.
Medium calibre. Red or garnet in the fruits exposed to the light, and bright red in the ones situated in the inside of the tree. Rounded shape. Firm, thin and very juicy pulp. Stone-free.
Medium to thick calibre. Rounded, a little flat. Very regular and asymmetrical. With mucron. Intense dark red skin, very characteristic. Juicy pulp, and good tasty quality. Semi-free stone that tends to open.
Thick calibre. Rounded and regular. Orangye-yellow skin, covered with an intense red in great part of the fruit. Yellow pulp, firm and juicy. Good tasty quality. Stone-free.
Medium calibre fruit. Oblong. Orangey-yellow skin. With a 10-20% orange. Yellow pulp, quite firm and good tasty quality.
Medium calibre and round. Intense colour yellow.No down. Yellow pulp. Good organoleptic characteristics.
Medium size rounded fruit, orangey-yellow, with a 10-30% of bright red. Yellow pulp even near the stone. Quite firm texture and good tasty quality.
Medium calibre, oblong fruit, some years it presents mucron. Orangey skin with a lighter base. Yellow, juicy and sweet pulp.
Medium to thick calibre. Rounded, a little flat, very regular asymmetrical. Yellow skin nearly completly covered with an intense and characteristic colour red. Precociously achieved that lightens when ripe.Juicy and good to very good tasty quality. Quite loose stone that rarely opens.
Medium to thick calibre. Bright red. Rounded shape, firm, thin and very juicy pulp, stone-free.
Medium to thick calibre. Round fruit. Orangey skin. Yellow pulp, juicy, sweet and good to very good tasty quality.
Thick calibre. Rounded and regular. Orangey-yellow skin, covered with an intense red in great part of the fruit. Yellow, firm and juicy pulp. Good tasty quality. Stone-free.
Medium to thick quality. Dark red skin. Round shape. Firm and juicy pulp. Stone-free.
Medium calibre. 60-65% red skin over a yellow base. Yellow pulp, with a good tasty quality. Very sweet. Small, loose stone that rarely opens.
Medium calibre, rounded, yellow with a 20-30% of orangey skin when in sunny area. Yellow pulp with a quite firm texture and good tasty quality.
Thick calibre, round or oblong. Yellow with a light red shade when in the sun. Orangey- yellow pulp. The fruit has very good organoleptic characteristics.
Medium calibre, round flat fruit. Light skin colour. Yellow, juicy and sweet pulp.
Medium to thick calibre. Rounded, a little flat, very regular, asymmetrical. Yellow skin nearly completly covered with an intense and characteristic colour red. Precociously achieved that lightens when ripe. Juicy and good to very good tasty quality. Quite loose stone that rarely opens.
Thick calibre. Rounded, regular, lightly asymmetrical. Orangey-yellow skin covered of an intense red in great part of the fruit. Yellow, firm and juicy pulp,a little fibrated with a good tasty quality. Stone-free.
Medium to thick calibre. Round, flat shape. Dark red skin. Yellow pulp juicy, sweet and good tasty quality.
Medium to big calibre. 75-85% red skin with a white-creamy base. White pulp, consistent and very sweet. Stone-free.
Medium calibre. Round shape. Intense yellow. No down. Yellow pulp. Good organoleptic Characteristics.
Medium to big calibre. 80-85% red skin over a white-creamy base. White pulp, very sweet. Small, loose stone.
Nutritional properties
Composition per 100 g
Calories (KCAL) - 37
Carbohydrate (G) - 9,5
Fiber (G) - 2,1
Potassium (MG) - 290
Magnesium (MG) - 12
Provitamin A (MCG) - 27
Vitamin C (MG) - 7
Iodine (mg) - 3
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