The huge popularity of this fruit among gardeners is caused by its early maturation compared with other stone fruit crops, as well as by its special resistance to disease and high resistance to pests. Now species of nectarines that differ in resistance to low temperature effects have been derived, which allows them to be cultivated in the northern regions. Growth of popularity of nectarines is also associated with a significant increase in the size of fruits and improving their taste.

The fruits of nectarine contain in their composition a sufficiently large amount of glucose, fructose, sucrose, citric and malic organic acids, as well as phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, sodium, sulfur, silicon compounds that provide therapeutic and preventive effects on the human body.

Active microelements, vitamins A and C, antioxidant and other substances contained in the fruits of nectarine contribute to the good absorption of heavy fatty foods, positively affect the condition of the skin by smoothing and strengthening the cell structure, prevent the appearance of tumors that cause tumor processes, improve and speed up all the processes of metabolism in the human body, thus preventing the appearance of excess body weight. Drinking a fourth of a glass of freshly squeezed nectarine juice in the morning, you get rid of anemia, irregularities in the heart, constipation, normalize the level of acidity of the stomach. For people who often experience the appearance of edema, the use of nectarine will be especially useful, as the potassium contained in it will remove excess fluid from the body, thereby removing puffiness.

How to choose the best nectarines? The criteria for "selection" depend on what you are going to do with them. If you are supposed to immediately eat the fruits, you should pay attention to larger nectarines with dark, pink-purple barrels and a clear honey aroma. Such fruits will be soft, ripe and juicy. But they can not be stored in the refrigerator for more than a day - they will deteriorate.

Nectarines on the market can be just ... sniffed. If they exude a fragrance of dust, or do not smell anything, for sure, they were ripped from the tree by immature. This is done to preserve the presentation of fruits, and not to lose half during transportation. Are the nectarines "themselves" ripped off the branches? Strongly depends on where they are stored. If the fruit simply lies in a box indoors, perhaps half of them will simply acquire low-nutritional mold fungi. But if you put them in the sun on a dry surface and leave for a couple of days - they may be in time.

If you buy nectarines "with a margin" you can take a more solid. On compotes are both solid and overripe varieties, only in the first case, fruits will look more aesthetic in the bank, and in the second - it is better to cook the jam, since the halves still fall apart.

Buying nectarines in a supermarket, it is worth looking for those that do not shine too much. Fruits are treated with wax, to wash off from which are covered with a delicate skin of nectarines, it is almost impossible. Many simply blanch such fruits with boiling water, peel and use the pulp in desserts and for jam.

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