Round in shape with yellowish skin and red cheeks, many fruits look very similar to an apricot. When you take a closer look and after taking a hearty bite into the flesh, the apricot look-alikes impress with their individual characteristics. Read useful tips about apricot-like fruits here.
What fruits are similar to apricots?
Apricot-like fruits such as peaches, nectarines and mirabelle plums belong to the genus Prunus and are characterized by their rounded shape, yellowish-reddish skin, aromatic pulp and a thick stone core. Differences can be seen in the texture of the shell, size and taste.
What apricot-like fruits are there?
Apricot-like fruits arePeach,NectarineandMirabelle. The reason for the astonishing similarity is a close botanical relationship.
These are stone fruit varieties (Amygdaleae) of the genus (Prunus) from the rose family (Rosaceae). Apricot, also called apricot, (Prunus armeniaca) and peach (Prunus persica) are Prunus species. In contrast, the nectarine is a subspecies of peach and the mirabelle plum is a subspecies of the plum (Prunus domestica).
What characteristics characterize apricot-like fruits?
All apricot-like fruits are characterized by a rounded shape and a yellowish-reddish shell that encases the aromatic pulp with a thick stone core. Read these useful details about the fruit characteristics of the most famousApricot Lookalike:
- Peach: velvety, fluffy skin, distinctive longitudinal furrow, deep stem base, white to yellowish flesh, aromatic-sweet taste.
- Nectarine: smooth skin, longitudinal groove, golden yellow flesh, sweet and sour taste.
- Mirabelle: spherical, 2-3 cm small, waxy yellow with red dots, smooth skin, sugar-sweet flesh.
Tip
Sugar apricots conquer beds and balconies
Sugar apricots are on the rise in Germany's apricot cultivation. The popular apricot variety is native to Turkey. In a sunny, protected location, the sugar apricot thrives as a self-fertile large shrub or small tree with a height of up to 200 cm. From July onwards, the branches bend under the weight of auspicious smooth-skinned fruits. The relatively small fruits live up to their name with a sugary-sweet pulp.
