Harko Nectarine:
Harko is a hardy nectarine, with red skinned, yellow fleshed
fruit ripening in mid-August. This is a solid red, clingstone
nectarine with good quality and flavor. It is a consistent
producer, with no split pits. It tends to overbear, so it must
be thinned hard and early in order to get good fruit size. Most
adaptable of all fruit trees for home gardens, Harko is a
delightfully decorative tree that will produce frilly pink
blossoms in the spring. The tree is vigorous, with a twiggy
habit, which makes it more time-consuming to prune than other
varieties and produces showy, large, single pink blossoms in the
spring.
The nectarine fruit is a variety of the peach tree. Nectarines
and peaches are similar in appearance and color as they differ
only by a single gene, the gene for skin texture. The peach is
dull and fuzzy while the nectarine is smooth and shiny.
Flowers - raw or cooked. Added to salads or used as a garnish.
They can also be brewed into a tea.
The distilled flowers yield a white liquid which can be
used to impart a flavor resembling the seed.
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