“Peaches” from The Grocer’s Encyclopedia compiled by Artemas Ward in 1911.
The book notes, in part:
“PEACH: a fruit belonging to the almond family, native to Persia but now cultivated in all temperate climates. There are a great many varieties, capable of general classification under ‘White’ and ‘Yellow,’ both types being again divisible into ‘Freestones,’ with flesh pulling free from the stone, and ‘Clingstones,’ with the flesh adhering to it.
“In addition to their consumption as a fresh fruit, vast quantities of peaches are canned, dried and evaporated, principally the first-named. Among other commercial products of importance obtained from the peach are almond oil (from the seeds or kernels), peach brandy, peach water and persicot.”