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Nectarine

A peach of a variety with smooth, thin, brightly colored skin and rich firm flesh

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  • Delicious fruit from Chile : at Tesco, our buyers have travelled to Chile and selected only the best produce for our customers : grown with care by the fruit farmers of Chile / Tesco.
  • A fruiting nectarine (Prunus persica) and two almond plants (Prunus dulcis). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809, after J. Ihle.
  • A nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting stem and section of fruit. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.
  • Delicious fruit from Chile : at Tesco, our buyers have travelled to Chile and selected only the best produce for our customers : grown with care by the fruit farmers of Chile / Tesco.
  • A branch of a Prunus cultivar bearing both peaches and nectarines. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1810.
  • Peach (Prunus persica) and nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting branches and butterfly. Coloured etching, c. 1797, after J. Ihle.

Works from the collections

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    A nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting stem and section of fruit. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

    Rosenberg, C. T., active approximately 1850. | Date: [1850-51] | Reference: 26354i
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    A fruiting nectarine (Prunus persica) and two almond plants (Prunus dulcis). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809, after J. Ihle.

    Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814. | Date: 24 February 1809 | Reference: 25379i
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    Delicious fruit from Chile : at Tesco, our buyers have travelled to Chile and selected only the best produce for our customers : grown with care by the fruit farmers of Chile / Tesco.

    Tesco (Firm) | Date: 2003
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    Peach (Prunus persica) and nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting branches and butterfly. Coloured etching, c. 1797, after J. Ihle.

    Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814. | Date: 21 April 1797 | Reference: 25380i
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    A branch of a Prunus cultivar bearing both peaches and nectarines. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1810.

    | Date: 15 April 1810 | Reference: 25545i

Related topics

Fruit
Prunus
Rosaceae
Plants, Edible
Botany

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