The nectarine and the peach are separated by one recessive gene the one that produces the fuzz. One prominent botanist, Luther Burbank, has argued that the nectarine actually predated the peach, and is in fact the ancestral form of both fruits. Nectarines originally were small, white fleshed fruit with skins ranging in color from green to red or yellow. Cross breeding has since produced large fruit that is either white or yellow fleshed, with red or red/yellow skins. Like peaches, nectarines are classified according to whether the stone or pit adheres to the flesh (clingstone), falls out easily when the fruit is cut in half (freestone), or is in-between (semi-freestone). Dried nectarines are produced from the freestone varieties of nectarines, both yellow and white fleshed, which are dried as halves. They offer a good source of Vitamin A, Vitamin B3 (niacin), potassium, phosphorus, beta carotene, iron and copper. As with peaches, nectarines do not keep or store well when fresh. Thus, dried nectarines have been gaining popularity among fruit and NUT packers. Bedemco sources the best dried nectarines available for the North American market at the most competitive prices.
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Product Type:
Other
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Style:
Fresh
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Type:
Nectarine
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