peach Rosaceae Prunus persica

Leaf:Alternate, simple, lanceolate, serrated, 3 to 6 inches long, often curved along midrib, shiny dark green above, paler below.
Flower:Pink to lavender, 1 inch across, solitary but often close together, appearing in early spring.
Fruit:Fuzzy drupe, 3 inches across, yellow and red, hard, ribbed pit inside encloses the seed, very delicious and juicy, ripens in mid summer.
Twig:New growth is red and green, later turns gray-brown, buds are blunt and gray fuzzy, spur shoots present.
Bark:Dark gray, initially smooth with elongated lenticels, later splits and becomes irregularly scaly.
Form:A small tree up to 15 feet with a spreading crown.

leaf flower fruit twig bark form map

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