Latin Name:
Prunus persica
Physical Description:
Nectarine trees have thin, bright green, heart-shaped leaves, and grow on smallish trees with grey-brown bark.
Usage:
Nectarines bruise easily, so store them in hard-sided containers! They are great eaten raw or on salads, and they can be made into jams, jellies and syrups.
Factoids:
Nectarines are not a cross between a peach and a plum, as is commonly believed, in fact the fuzzless skin of the nectarine is caused by a recessive gene of the peach. The "fuzz gene" is the dominant one.
Harvesting Season
From:
May
To:
October 
