Pluot

A pluot varietal, "raspberry jewel", before (top) and after cutting

Pluots, apriums, apriplums, plumcots, plumpicots, or pluclots are some of the hybrids between different Prunus species that are also called interspecific plums. Whereas plumcots and apriplums are first-generation hybrids between a plum parent (P. salicina[1]) and an apricot (P. armeniaca), pluots and apriums are later-generations.[2][3] Both names "plumcot" and "apriplum" have been used for trees derived from a plum seed parent, and are therefore equivalent.

Plumcots and apriplums

Natural plumcots (also called apriplums) have been known for hundreds of years from regions of the world that grow both plums and apricots from seed.[4] The name plumcot was coined by Luther Burbank.[5] The plumcot (apriplum) tree is propagated asexually, primarily by grafting or budding.

Pluots

Pluots /ˈpluːɒt/ are later generations of complex hybrid between the Japanese plum, Prunus salicina (providing the greater amount of parentage), and the apricot, Prunus armeniaca.[6][7] The fruit's exterior has smooth skin closely resembling that of a plum. Pluots were developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger.[8]

Apriums

Rose apriums

Floyd Zaiger created the aprium, a hybrid cross between apricots and plums but more similar to apricots.[9] Apriums are complex plum-apricot hybrids that show primarily apricot traits and flavor.[2] Apriums resemble apricots on the outside. The flesh is usually dense and notable for its sweet taste due to a high content of fructose and other sugars.[7] Apriums are usually only available early in the fruit season, like apricots and unlike pluots, which include some very late-ripening varieties. Aprium trees grow quickly and are smaller compared to other common home-grown apricots. The fruit is gold, with red coloration. Semi-mature fruit is hard and does not ripen if picked before completely mature.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Zaiger Interspecifics". Dave Wilson Nursery. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
  2. ^ a b Chip Brantley (2009). The perfect fruit: good breeding, bad seeds, and the hunt for the elusive pluot (snippet view). New York: Bloomsbury, USA. ISBN 9781608191994.
  3. ^ Brantley, Chip (2009-08-19). "Plu-What? What's the difference between pluots and plumcots". Slate.
  4. ^ Okie, W.R. 2005. Spring satin plumcot. Journal of American Pomological Society. 59(3):119-124.abstract
  5. ^ J. Whitson; R. John; H.S. Williams, eds. (1914). "Chapter 7: How far can plant improvement go? The crossroads — where fact and theory seem to part". Luther Burbank: his methods and discoveries and their practical application. Vol. 1. Luther Burbank Press. pp. 211–244.
  6. ^ "Pluot". Oxford University Press. 1 January 2019. Archived from the original on January 22, 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  7. ^ a b Ingels, Chuck; et al. (2007). The Home Orchard: Growing Your Own Deciduous Fruit and Nut Trees. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. p. 33.
  8. ^ "Okie, W.R. 2005. Spring satin plumcot. Journal of American Pomological Society. 59(3):119-124".
  9. ^ Garcia, Janis (2018-05-25). "What are apriums and how do you eat them?". Daily Harvest Express. Retrieved 2020-09-26. Who is the mad genius who originally bred the aprium? Floyd Zaiger from Modesto California.
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