Origin and Dissemination of Peach

Miklos Faust,

Miklos Faust

Fruit Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA

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Béla Timon,

Béla Timon

Department of Pomology, University of Horticulture, H-1118 Budapest, Hungary

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Miklos Faust,

Miklos Faust

Fruit Laboratory, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA

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Béla Timon,

Béla Timon

Department of Pomology, University of Horticulture, H-1118 Budapest, Hungary

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Book Editor(s):Jules Janick,

Jules Janick

Purdue University, USA

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First published: 03 November 1995

https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470650585.ch10

Citations: 14

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

Introduction
Classification
China, the Native Center
Eurasia
The Americas
Southern Hemisphere
Conclusions
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