Ipesika luhlobo lwesityalo esiyinzalelwane yase China nakwamanye amazwe aseAsia. Umthi ungakhula ube ziimitha ezisibhozo ubude. Iziqhamo zayo zezeziqhamo zamatye ezifana neeapilkosi, iiplums, okanye iicheri kwaye zibizwa ngokuba ziipesika. Zinesikhumba esinoboya kwaye zisisiqhamo esithandwayo ngenxa yencasa yazo eswiti. Ipesika ikwabizwa ngokuba yi "apile yasePersi".
Undoqo wesiqhamo ujikelezwe liqokobhe eliqinileyo. Ipesika ibomvu butyheli ngaphandle kwaye inyama ngaphakathi ityheli. Xa ipesika ivuthiwe, inyama ithambile, kodwa de isiqhamo sivuthwe, inzima.
Iipesika bezilinywa ngaphezu kweminyaka eyi-8,000. Ngoko abantu bazama ukufuya ipesika yendalo ukuze ibe yincasa kwaye ixobulwe kakuhle etyeni. Namhlanje ke ngoko kukho iindidi ezahlukeneyo ezifana nepesika ecaba okanye i-nectarine. Ngokuchaseneyo neepesika, i-nectarines zineendawo ezigudileyo ngaphandle kweenwele. Iipesika zinevithamin C kunye nezinye izinto ezininzi ezixabisekileyo ekufuneka siphile.
Umthi wepesika ukhula kakuhle xa ungagodoli kakhulu ebusika. Iipesika ziqala ukuvuthwa ngoMeyi, ubuncinci kumazwe afana neSpain, Morocco, Italy, okanye Greece. Zithengiswa kwamanye amazwe kude kube ngoSeptemba.