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ArchivesActually I think they're a cross between peaches and something else :-) nt
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No, that's a common misconception
The nectarine's just a fuzzless peach. Wikipedia says so: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach. (And the Talk page is all about nectarines, with no specific contradiction that it's a subspecies of peach.)
A pluot is a hybrid of a two-thirds plum and one-third apricot. An aprium is similar, but it's two-thirds apricot and one-third plum.
Miranda (who started typing "Nektarine" before she stopped herself)
The nectarine's just a fuzzless peach. Wikipedia says so: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peach. (And the Talk page is all about nectarines, with no specific contradiction that it's a subspecies of peach.)
A pluot is a hybrid of a two-thirds plum and one-third apricot. An aprium is similar, but it's two-thirds apricot and one-third plum.
Miranda (who started typing "Nektarine" before she stopped herself)
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Ah, right . . .
I think Mum and I had a conversation about this actually - back when she was a kid in England, a cross between a plum and a peach was known as a nectarine, but then the word started getting used for something else.
Thanks :-)
I think Mum and I had a conversation about this actually - back when she was a kid in England, a cross between a plum and a peach was known as a nectarine, but then the word started getting used for something else.
Thanks :-)
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