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Varieties
7 varieties
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Picking season
- Mid
Self-fertility
- Self-fertile
Category
- Apricot trees
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Categories
Apples
3
Mid-season eating apples
2
Apricots
7
Cherries
4
Sweet cherries
4
Crab apples
2
Damsons
2
Inter-specific trees
1
Mulberries
1
Nectarines
2
Peaches
5
Pears
2
Dessert pears
2
Cooking pears
1
Plums
9
Eating plums
6
Cooking plums
3
Dual-purpose plums
3
Figs
3
Stock availability
All
7
In stock
0
Not in stock
7
Form
1-year
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
Espalier
Fan-trained
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
Large
Very large
Rootstocks
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
Average
2
Experienced
5
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
7
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
Flowering group
?
1
2
1
3
2
4
1
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
Average
6
Poor
Fruit bearing
?
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
6
Mild damp climates
1
Warm climates
5
Using
Picking month
June
July
4
August
1
September
October
November
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
3
Mid
7
Late
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
2
Good
4
Light
1
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
2
1 week
4
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
7
Culinary
7
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
3
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Flavour style (apples)
Sweet/Sharp
Sharper
Sweeter
Aromatic
Vinous
Cooking result
Puree
Textured puree
Keeps shape
Juice style
Sweeter
Sharper
Sweet (cider)
Sharp (cider)
Bittersweet (cider)
Bittersharp (cider)
Cling-stone
Freestone
2
Semi-freestone
Clingstone
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
2
Average
2
Poor
Scab
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Mildew
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Silverleaf
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
France
2
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
1
United States
3
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
1
1950 - 1999
2
2000
3
Flowering month
March
April
May
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Pink / Red
Golden / Yellow
2
Dark red
1
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
4
Orange / Red
2
Orange flush
Purple
Purple - light
Red
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Fruit size
Small
Average
4
Large
Very large
Awards
RHS Award of Garden Merit
RHS Award of Merit
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Varieties list
Inter-specific trees
Aprisali
®
A sweet self-fertile apricot - plum cross, also known as an Aprium.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apricot trees
Bergeron
Bergeron is the classic French apricot variety, and a common sight in French summer markets.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apricot trees
Compacta
®
Featured on BBC Gardeners' World, this is one of the best apricots trees for growing in a small space.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: July
Apricot trees
Early Moorpark
A traditional English apricot from the 19th century.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Apricot trees
Goldcot
One of the most reliable apricots for the UK climate, with good winter hardiness.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: August
Apricot trees
Kioto
®
One of the easier apricots for UK growers, attractive orange fruits blushed red. The blossom has some frost resistance.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: July
Apricot trees
Robada
Robada is a large-fruited apricot. The orange fruits are usually flushed with red, and will ripen in the middle / late July in the UK.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Picking month: July
