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Flat peach

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29: 116: 901: 312:, and considering how easily ripe peaches spoil in transport, this variety must have been local produce (while the kernel might still be recognizably different in a dried flat peach, the shape as described by al-Bīrūnī would not). Though al-Bīrūnī does not discuss a wide range of Chinese 240:
before the early-mid 15th century, and today's flat peach probably originated in China – supposedly in the 19th century, but this is merely the first time they came to widespread notice in Western countries. In China, it was known before then as
304:-sized kernel with brittle shell – in other words, differing from a normal peach in exactly the same obvious details as does the flat peach of today. Al-Bīrūnī's work describes notable crops and medicinal plants focusing on the region between 324:, flat-peach seeds or young trees must have been traded between the Mideast and China for the fruit's novelty value more than a millennium ago already. In this case, though the direction of this trade is not readily determinable, they would be a 133:
Flat peaches are usually sweeter than other peaches, but still have a recognizable peach taste. They are said to be more complex-tasting and flavorful, often described as possessing undertones of
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ran immediately to the north of the region where al-Bīrūnī's flat peaches were grown, and if todays' flat peaches are not produced by
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It was introduced to the United States from China in 1869. However, peaches with such a fruit shape have been noted even before the
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Flat peaches are flatter than fruit of more popular peach varieties. Their skin is yellow and red, and they are less
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Annals of the Caliphs' Kitchens: Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq's Tenth-century Baghdadi Cookbook
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than many other peaches. The inside of the flat peach is white in appearance.
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They are harvested in late spring through the end of summer.
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Tabitha Alterman October/November 2006 (2009-08-27).
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Index


Variety
Prunus persica
doughnut
Saturn
peach
oblate

fuzzy
almond
fig
Paraguay
Chinese
Journey to the West
Modern Era
al-Bīrūnī
spatula
kufta
hazelnut
Mesopotamia
Pakistan
pharmacopoeia
Silk Road
convergent evolution
heirloom variety
"'Saturn' Peaches"
Mother Earth News
"Donut Peach | Harvest to Table"
"Top 10 Reasons to Try a Donut Peach"
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