Nectarine, << `nehk` tuh REEN or NEHK tuh reen, >> is a fruit much like the peach. The only important difference between the two is that nectarines have smooth skins and peaches are fuzzy. They come from identical trees. Nectarines often originate from peach seeds, and peaches may come from nectarine seeds. Botanists do not know which originated first, nectarines or peaches.
