PEACH TREE (amygdalus persica l. - prunus persica (l.) batsch)

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	PEACH TREE
	*amygdalus persica l. - prunus persica (l.) batsch*

Name
PEACH TREE

Scientific Name
amygdalus persica l. - prunus persica (l.) batsch

PEACH TREE

PRUNUS PERSICA (L.) Batsch

Family: Rosaceous

Place of origin: China.

Etimología: Prunus, Latin name of the wild plum tree. Persica, of the Latin persicus-a-um, coming from Persia, place through as introduced this species in Europe.

Description: Small tree caducifolio that can reach 6 ms of height, although to times does not happen of arbustiva stature, with the smooth crust, cenicienta, that is given off in laminae. Smooth small branches, lampińas, of green color in the side exposed to the sun. Simple leaves, lanceoladas, of 7,5-15 cm. in length and 2-3,5 cm. in width, long acuminadas, with the margin finely sawed. Shining green beam, lampińas by both faces. Pecíolo of 1-1,5 cm. in length, with 2-4 glands near the limb. Generally solitary flowers, sometimes in pairs, almost seated, of red pink color to and 2-3,5 cm. of diameter. They appear in the tree before the leaves. Globoso, tomentoso fruit, of 5-7,5 cm. of diameter, yellowish with reddish tonalities in the part exposed to the sun and a longitudinal furrow more or less marked. Ahoyado, very hard bone and with winding furrows.

Culture and uses: Introduced in Europe at the time of the Romans like fruit tree, having itself improved the quality of its fruits by means of crossovers. Between his you will cultivate emphasize: ` Albá, ` Alboplená, ` Atropurpureá, ` Pendulá, ` Purpureá, ` Roseá, ` Rubrá, ` Rubroplená, etc., as well as the varieties nucipersica (nectarinas) and platycarpa.(chatos or Paraguayans). It vegetates better in frank, loose, with organic matter, permeable, neutral grounds. Demanding water species in the warm periods. They harm the primaverales frosts to him, because usually they agree with the flowering.

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