Why are peaches and some other fruits fuzzy?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever picked up a peach in the supermarket and noticed that its skin is covered in soft fuzz? What’s that about? Should we be taking our peaches to barbershops? And what about kiwis? They’re covered in scratchy hairs! Why do some fruits have fuzz while others have smooth skin? We talked to Dario Chavez from the University of Georgia to find out.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of um.
0:03.6	Answering those questions that make you go.
0:08.4	Ah, uh, um, um.
0:10.4	Um, um, um.
0:11.4	Um, um. Moment of um comes to you from 8 p.m. studios. I'm Molly Bloom.
0:26.5	Thanks for coming grocery shopping with me today, Lulu.
0:32.0	Yeah, I like to check on all my favorite foods and veggies.
0:35.0	What's up, bananas?
0:37.0	Looking good, snap peas.
0:39.0	Okay, milk, eggs, cereal.
0:42.0	Hey Lulu, we're almost done getting everything on the grocery list.
0:45.0	Is there anything else you want to pick out?
0:46.0	Can we get peaches?
0:48.0	The ones over here smell really good.
0:51.0	Sure, I do love a stone fruit. Do you want to grab a few? Hey yeah this
0:56.4	peach has full. Wait is fruit supposed to have full? Is a peach an animal?
1:02.8	Can I have a pet peach?
1:04.4	Um, we can talk about a pet peach later,
1:07.2	but I do know a little bit about fruit fuzz,
1:10.2	thanks to a moment of um question we got from a listener.
1:12.6	I want to know why peaches have fuzz on them.
1:15.0	My name is Dario Chavez and I am an associate professor at the University of Georgia. I work in peach research.
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