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PEACH

Prunus spp.
Prunus spp. of the family Rosaceae, including at least Prunus aganopersica, Prunus andersoni, Prunus caroliniana, and Prunus persica. In addition to that, there are another 30 or so species from about 20 genera that ALSO have the word peach as all or part of one or more of their common names, so there's a lot of room for confusion. Unless otherwise specifically stated, the pics on this page were just listed as peach.

my samples:
NOTE: these pics were all taken in very bright incandescent lighting ("soft white" at 2700K)
colors will vary under other lighting conditions

both sides of a sample plank of common peach / Prunus persica --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by David Clark whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site. This species is also known as Chinese peach.

end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above

END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above --- the sanding on the left side is very poor but on the right it's OK>

both sides of a sample plank of common peach / Prunus persica --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.

end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above

END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above

both sides of a sample plank of peach / Prunus persica --- HUGE enlargements are present.

end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above

END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above

both sides of a sample plank of peach / Prunus spp. --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.

end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above

END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above

both sides of a sample plank of peach / Prunus spp. --- HUGE enlargements are present. This sample was loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site.

end grain and end grain closeup of the piece directly above

END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above

first face and the end grain of a sample of peach / Prunus spp. This part of a collection which is discussed here: COLLECTION B

the second face, before and after slicing off 1/8" showing how the patina from aging is only surface deep.

end grain closeup and END GRAIN UPDATE from directly above.

both sides of a piece of peach burl loaned to me by Mark Peet whom I thank for this and other contributions to the site. HUGE enlargements are present.

end grain of the burl directly above

The following two sides of a stick and the end grain shots were contributed to the site by Steve Bellinger. Steve cut these himself from a peach tree and took the pics to share with us. He took each pic with the wood dry and then moistened it and took new pics. Thanks Steve. Steve then contributed the piece to the site and I took my own pics, shown below Steve's.

first stick dry and wet

second stick dry and wet

end grain closeup of stick 1, dry and wet

both sides of a sample plank of peach --- HUGE enlargements are present. This is the sample contributed to the site by Steve Bellinger from the Wood Barter forum, with his pics of it directly above.