Like plums, cherries are referred to as stonefruit because they contain a stone-like pit. There are several different cherry varieties; some are sweet while others are fairly tart.

The plum is a stone fruit, which grows on plum trees that may grow very tall, with a height of three up to even seven metres. The oval fruit has a stone in its centre.

The nectarine is a mutant of the peach and also a stone fruit, which refers to fruit with skin, flesh and a hard stone at the centre. The nectarine differs from the peach thanks to its skin, which is smooth, rather than velvety.

Peaches are stone fruits. They generally have a soft, velvety skin, hiding the tasty flesh and a hard stone in the centre.