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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
Red-flesh apples
2
Apricots
7
Cherries
5
Sweet cherries
5
Crab apples
4
Damsons
2
Inter-specific trees
1
Mulberries
1
Nectarines
2
Peaches
5
Pears
3
Dessert pears
3
Cooking pears
1
Plums
10
Eating plums
6
Cooking plums
3
Dual-purpose plums
3
Quinces
1
Walnuts
2
Figs
3
Juneberries
1
Stock availability
All
7
In stock
3
Not in stock
4
Form
1-year
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2
2-year bush-trained
1
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
1
Medium
Large
2
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
St. Julien
3
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Supplied as
12L pot
3
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
Average
2
Experienced
5
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
7
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
Flowering group
?
1
2
3
4
4
3
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
Average
6
Poor
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
6
Mild damp climates
1
Warm climates
5
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
4
Mid
7
Late
1
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
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
2
Average
2
Poor
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
2
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
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
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
3
Cream
Pink - light
1
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
4
Orange / Red
2
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
2
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
1
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Aprisali
®
A sweet self-fertile apricot - plum cross, also known as an Aprium.
Picking season: Mid
Flowering group: 3
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Bergeron
Bergeron is the classic French apricot variety, and a common sight in French summer markets.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Compacta
®
Featured on BBC Gardeners' World, this is one of the best apricot trees for growing in a small space.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Early Moorpark
A traditional English apricot from the 19th century.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Goldcot
One of the most reliable apricots for the UK climate, with good winter hardiness.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
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
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