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Peach

The peach is amongst the most delicious and most highly-esteemed of our fruits. It differs from the nectarine in being covered with a soft down. This fruit, both when fresh and when preserved, is excellent for the table. The young leaves and the kernels possess an agreeable flavour, and may be used in cookery for flavouring purposes. When a peach is of superior quality and in good condition the skin is thin, and very lightly covered with down, the stone small, the pulp firm though full of a delicious juice, and the colour deep and bright on one side. (See also NECTARINES AND PEACHES.)