The division of peach variety types according to the characteristics of the variety itself and the application of different purposes there are a variety of common:

(1) according to the local varieties of the ecological type of varieties for the division of varieties There are northern varieties of the group, the southern varieties of the group and the northwestern varieties of the group, which the northern varieties of the group of the typical representative of the varieties of the Feicheng Peach and the Shenzhou Peach, the southern varieties of the group of the white flower of the water nectar, the Benghua coiled peach. The representative of the northwest variety group is the yellow sweet peach. At present, cultivars in production dissolve genes from a variety of sources, and it is difficult to classify ecological variety groups, but in general favors the southern variety group.

(2) According to the practical purpose, fruit or flower type, the peach is comprehensively divided into six variety groups: common peach, nectarine, peach, processing peach, rootstock and ornamental peach.

(3) according to the fruit traits and then subdivided such as according to the fruit ripening period, can be divided into very early (from flowering to fruit ripening days, i.e., the fruit development period in 65 days), early ripening (fruit development period of 65 to 90 days), medium ripening (fruit development period of 91 to 120 days), late ripening (fruit development period of 121 to 150 days) and very late ripening (fruit development period of more than 150 days) ; according to the color of the flesh of the fruit is divided into white, yellow and red flesh; according to the flesh is divided into soluble (also divided into soft soluble and hard soluble), insoluble and hard flesh, etc..

In practice, often a comprehensive generalization of a variety, such as Aurora for very early, yellow flesh, hard soluble nectarine varieties.