A peach is a fruit or a large berry.

Many people wonder: is a peach a fruit or a berry? What type of fruit tree does a peach tree belong to? Actually, it's a member of the dicotyledonous family of colorful plants. Like the nectarine, the peach is a fruit tree.

This classification is explained by the fact that fruits are juicy fruits that were formed from bushes or trees and at the same time have juicy pulp. Another characteristic feature of fruit is the presence of one or several seeds. From a botanical perspective, berries are small, multi-seeded fruits of shrubs and herbaceous plant crops.

Now that we understand the family this fruit belongs to, we can learn more about it and its origins. The history of this plant dates back to approximately the first millennium BC. At that time, the people of China first began cultivating it. The fruits were considered among the finest fruits, comparable in price and taste to plums, medlars, and apricots.

Gradually, the crop began to spread. It was first cultivated in Ancient Greece, where the fruit was called peach apple. In the 17th century, it was introduced to France, where peaches and nectarines received their current names.

Today, this fruit ranks third after apples and pears in terms of planting area worldwide.

Not only the ripe fruits are used for food. For example, in the East, tea is brewed with the water that drips from the plant's petals after the spring snow melts.