The difference between yellow peach and apricot:

1. Different varieties

Yellow peach and apricot are not the same fruit at all, they are two completely separate varieties. Yellow peach belongs to the genus Peach in the family Rosaceae, class Dicotyledon, subclass Protoperianth, and subspecies yellow peach. Distributed in North China, Central China, and Southwest China.

Apricot belongs to the genus Apricot in the Rosaceae family. It is a deciduous tree that grows on the ground and has hairless plants. The leaves are alternate, broad-ovate or round-ovate, and they are plants of the subfamily Prunus subfamily. They are in the same family but different genus, and are not the same fruit. Distributed in Xinjiang.

2. Different appearance

Yellow peach is rounder, with long fuzz on the skin, and is larger than apricot. The skin and flesh of yellow peach are yellow. Xingya is a bit smaller. Apricots are generally round, oblong or oblate fruits with smooth skin, mostly white, yellow or yellow-red. Most varieties have yellow flesh, and some varieties have red flesh and green skin.

3. Different tastes

Yellow peach tastes soft and waxy, the pulp is heavy in fiber, not much juice, and most of the pulp is not very sweet but sour. This is why most yellow peaches are used to make canned sugar water. Apricots have a crisp texture, delicate flesh, abundant juice, sweet and sour taste, and a slightly bitter taste.

4. Ripe season

Peaches are in mid-summer and apricots are in early summer.