Peach (Prunus persica)

Family: Rosaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (5/5)

Bloom Color: Pink, Red, White. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries, Nuts/Seeds, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

rich delicious flavour. — Fruit - raw, cooked or dried for later use.; The fruit is often used in ice creams, pies, jams etc.; When fully ripe, the fruit of the best forms are very juicy with a rich delicious flavour.; Wild trees in the Himalayas yield about 36.5kg of fruit a year.

Habitat & North American Range

Not known in a truly wild situation, it is possibly derived in cultivation from P. davidiana. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)