# Nectarine Fruit Development

- By: jjron
- Date: Early winter to midsummer, 2007/2008
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nectarine_Fruit_Development.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/5/5e/Nectarine_Fruit_Development.jpg/1920px-Nectarine_Fruit_Development.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Nectarine (Prunus persica) fruit development over a 7½ month period, from early winter to midsummer; East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.

Bud formation can be observed on new growth on the plant (early winter) (individual image)

Flower buds clearly formed and leaves start to develop (early spring, ≈ 3 months) (individual image).

Flowers fully develop and are pollinated by wind or insects (early spring, ≈ 3½ months) (individual image).

If successfully pollinated, flowers die back and incipient fruit can be observed; leaves have quickly grown to provide tree with food and energy from photosynthesis (mid-spring, ≈ 4 months) (individual image).

Fruit is well developed and continues to grow (late spring, ≈ 5½ months) (individual image).

Fruit fully ripens to an edible form to encourage spreading of seed contained within by animals (midsummer, ≈ 7½ months) (individual image).