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The peach originated in China and arrived in Europe through Persia following the commercial routes. For a long time it was thought to be a fruit native to Persia and so was called “Prunus Persica” (Persian plum). The peach was brought to Europe through Greece about the year 33 A.D. and in the Middle Ages it was cultivated throughout Europe. In the 19th century it became more wide spread and in the 20th century varieties were beginning to be selected for grafting. The species “Prunus Persica” also includes nectarines, pavías, briñones and paraguayos. A nectarine is said to be a cross between a peach and a plum, but this is not true. It is simply a smooth-skinned peach which has been selected to lose fuzziness.

At the present time there are many varieties of peaches, each characterised by skin and pulp colour, when it is ripe, the taste, the firmness of its flesh and whether this flesh sticks to the stone or not, has smooth or fuzzy skin, ...