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Prunus persica is a species of Prunus in Rosaceae. Its flowers are ornamental and its fruit is juicy. As a fruit, it can be eaten raw, pickled or canned, and nucleolus can also be eaten.

The flesh is white and yellow, and the most popular variety in Asia is usually white flesh, which is sweet and juicy; People in Europe, Australia and North America have always liked varieties with yellow flesh.

Peach is a kind of fruit with high nutritional value, which contains protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins B and C, etc. Peaches are rich in pectin, and regular consumption can prevent constipation.

There are many varieties of peaches. Generally, the skin is hairy, and the skin of nectarine is smooth. The fruit of "Flat Peach" is flat and discoid; "Bi Tao" is an ornamental peach tree. There are many forms of its petals, and there are hundreds of different varieties in Beijing Botanical Garden. Okubo peach, peach, Greening No.9 and 14, Baifeng and other varieties are also eaten.

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The history of botany—

Modern archaeologists in China discovered the wild peach pit 6,700 years ago at the Neolithic site in Hemudu, Zhejiang. A large number of wild peach stones have also been unearthed at Erligang site in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. Especially, two complete peach stones and six peach kernels were unearthed in the Shang Dynasty site in Taixi Village, Gaocheng County, Hebei Province. The peach stones were oval.

The length and width are 1.6× 1 and 2× 1.2 cm, respectively. It is dark brown, hard in wood, with wrinkles and holes on the surface, longitudinal grooves on both sides, sharp at the top, oblate at the base, and scars after the fruit stalk falls off in the middle. Peach kernel is off-white, oval or oblong, usually 10- 15 mm, 8- 12 mm wide, with thin edges on both sides, blunt top and flat oval cross section.

The seed coat is thin, and yellow-white seeds appear after crushing. After identification, it is exactly the same as the peach cultivated today. Unearthed cultural relics confirm ancient records and prove that China is the birthplace of peach trees, which have been used and planted for a long time.

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