What Is Stone Fruit? Types, Recipes & Photos | The Kitchn
What Is Stone Fruit? Types, Recipes & Photos | What Exactly Are Stone Fruits? Find Out with Our Visual Guide.|||||| For the most part, you know a stone fruit when you see it β itβs the fruit with a big pit in its center, also known as a drupe. Peaches, nectarines, cherries, plums, apricots, and pluots are all summer stone fruits that meet this criteria. The edible flesh and skin grow around the pit, which holds the seed inside. Stone fruits can either be clingstone or freestone, depending on whether or not the fruit clings to the pit.