nectarines

Oh man I just had my first nectarine of the season and it was deeelish!! Aahh.... nectarines are totally my favorite fruit, and therefore one of the many reasons I love summer. And I am willing to pay astronomical amounts of money just to have a few nectarines each summer. Delicious.




And this info that I just found is quite interesting. Who knew?!
A nectarine is a mutant version of the peach. Nectarines are genetically identical to peaches except they have a recessive gene that makes them smooth and fuzzless. It's important to note that although nectarines are a mutant version of the peach, that doesn't mean they're "genetically engineered." Genetically engineered foods are grown from plants whose genes were deliberately altered in the laboratory at some point in time. Nectarines are all-natural mutants that originated in China over 2,000years ago.
To read more about my favorite fruit, go here.