Peach

The Peach is a juicy fruit native to China. The fruit is a drupe (stone fruit), with a single large seed encased in hard wood (called the "stone" or "pit"), yellow or whitish flesh, a delicate aroma, and a skin that is velvety. The flesh is very delicate and easily bruised in some cultivars, but is fairly firm in some commercial cultivars, especially when green. The seed is red-brown, oval shaped and 1.5-2 cm long. 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 varieties in China, Japan and neighbouring Asian countries, while Europeans and North Americans have historically favoured the acidic, yellow-fleshed varieties.