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| Product Oringin: |
Argentina,South Africa |
| Description: |
Origin:
Argentina & South Africa
Background:
Long thought to be a cross between a peach and a plum, the nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina) is actually a distinct fruit of its own. Like peaches, the nectarine probably originated in Western Asia more than 2000 years ago, after which it was introduced and cultivated in ancient Persia, Greece and Rome. The Greeks greatly appreciated the juice of the fruit, naming it the "drink of the gods" or nektar, the word from which the name nectarine is derived. Rome introduced the fruit to Western Europe, and the Spanish later took it to the Western Hemisphere.
Description:
The nectarine and the peach are separated by one recessive gene ? the one that produces the fuzz. One prominent botanist, Luther Burbank, has argued that the nectarine actually predated the peach, and is in fact the ancestral form of both fruits. Nectarines originally were small, white fleshed fruit with skins ranging in color from green to red or yellow. Cross breeding has since produced large fruit that is either white or yellow fleshed, with red or red/yellow skins. Like peaches, nectarines are classified according to whether the stone or pit adheres to the flesh (clingstone), falls out easily when the fruit is cut in half (freestone), or is in-between (semi-freestone).
Dried nectarines are produced from the freestone varieties of nectarines, both yellow and white fleshed, which are dried as halves. They offer a good source of Vitamin A, Vitamin B3 (niacin), potassium, phosphorus, beta carotene, iron and copper. As with peaches, nectarines do not keep or store well when fresh. Thus, dried nectarines have been gaining popularity among fruit and nut packers. Bedemco sources the best dried nectarines available for the North American market at the most competitive prices.
Harvest:
Argentina and South Africa both harvest nectarines in the spring, with new crop dried fruit coming to market in early summer.
Types:
Halves
Diced
Industrial
Sizes:
Jumbo & Extra Fancy
Packing:
Bulk Packing ? net weight 25 lb. cartons
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| Company Name : |
BEDEMCO INC. |
| Address : |
200 Hamilton Avenue,White Plains, New York 10601,USA
White Plains New York United States of America |
| Zip : |
10601 |
| Tel : |
001- 914- 683-1119 |
| Fax : |
001- 914- 683-1482 |
| Website : |
http://www.bedemco.com |
| Contact Person : |
Anita Benech  |
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