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Nectarine versus Peach
Elaine Robinson4
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A kindly neighbour has given me two plants; a nectarine and a peach. How do I tell which is which? How do I prepare? Advice welcome please.
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Peaches are hairy and nectarines are smooth skinned but that won't show till they're big enough to produce fruit.
See here for growiing advice for peaches - https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/fruit/peaches
and here for nectarines - https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/66951/Prunus-persica-var-nectarina-Lord-Napier-(F)/Details?returnurl=%2Fplants%2Fsearch-results%3Fcontext%3Db%25253D90%252526hf%25253D10%252526l%25253Den%252526q%25253Drosa%252526s%25253Ddesc%25252528plant_merged%25252529%252526sl%25253Dplants%26s%3Ddesc(plant_merged)%26query%3Drosa%26form-mode%3Dfalse%26page%3D10%26aliaspath%3D%252fplants%252fsearch-results
and here - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/howtogrow/3349116/How-to-grow-Peaches-and-nectarines.html
Why thank you, that was my first question, thank you for your speedy and thorough response
A pleasure. Good luck - and welcome to the forum.