We Japanese call peach simply as “Mo-mo.” Matured momo is very succulent and its pulp is fragile. So, peeling is very difficult. It is ideal that we don’t have to use kitchen knife and peels are removed manually. If The peaches are soft and mellow, it is possible to peel by hand.
We can harvest peach fruits from seedlings of peach trees, though seedlings of many fruits such as apple and persimmon don’t bear the same fruits as its parent fruits.
Incidentally, it is generally accepted that seedless peach cannot be produced because the shell that surrounds a core seed is composed of its pulp (ka-ni-ku, 果肉), unlike seedless grapes. Even if the almond nut-like seed inside hard shell is not produced, the hard shell is produced.
From eating to planting
Peach Hakutou (白桃)
Peels of the peach were easily removed without using kitchen knife or Ho-cho (包丁)
Pulps of Hakuto cut by Ho-cho
This is a hard shell of peach seed.
After 1 day.
Edge of the shell is cut with nipper.
A nut-like seed is contained inside the shell.
The nut is very thin.
A nut having stripes.
Hard shell formed of pulp.
The nut was put on the soil in planter.
The shells are also put on the soil to utilize as nutrients.
Peels were also put in the planter.
Second seed with disassembled shell
A second seed
The second seed was planted similarly.
