What is the function of the fuzz on the skin of a peach? And is a nectarine a bald peach or a peach a fuzzy nectarine?
• Coincidentally, I was teaching about herbivory and other organismal interactions today in my AP environmental science class in South Carolina as I read this question about the function of fuzz on peaches. South Carolina is one of the largest producers of peaches in the world. Indeed, legend has it that the city of Spartanburg in the state used to produce more peaches than Georgia, which is known as the Peach State.
Hair on plants…
