LATE BLOOMING APRICOT VARIETIES
HUNZA - Very sweet, small fruit on a very late blooming tree. This tree takes
a little longer to start bearing, not as productive as some but the very sweet fruit are worth it. (Close to 30 brix). Considered
a sweet-pit apricot, we have not tried the kernels. We have one hunza variety apricot but there are several hunza type apricot
varieties. They come from the hunza valley of far northern Pakistan where people live to be older than in most areas and cancer
is practically unknown, the hunza people eat mainly millet and apricot products ie. dried apricots, apricot kernels (roasted)
and apricot kernel oil. This variety has a high chill requirement and is only suited for northern plantings. Matures
about June 5th in west-central Texas. Good size with excellent taste.
SHAA-KAR PAREH - Iranian apricot with medium-large
size fruit. The skin is white with a pink blush. Flesh is light colored and has a very sweet taste with the texture more like
a plum. Matures about June 18th in west-central Texas. This has to be a plum-apricot natural cross as it has a plum like texture
and taste. Light yellow skin with very white flesh.
CHINESE (MORMAN) Heavy producer of small to medium, golden fruit
with a red blush. Very Cold and late frost hardy. This was one of the first trees recommended for late frost prone areas,
now we have others as shown here. This is a very good tasting, semi-clingstone fruit. Some people consider this a sweet-pit
apricot, we have not tried them. Blooms and fruit seem to be more resistant of cold weather than most varieties. Matures about
June 10th in west-central Texas.
TILTON – Good fresh or processed. Medium to large fruit, firm, rich flavored.
Adaptable tree, late blooming but not the latest. Ripens about June 1st in west-central Texas. Good sized fruit with excellent
taste.
TISDALE – Medium sized, freestone, good flavored fruit on a consistently bearing tree. A
later blooming tree. From Roy Tisdale in Belton, Texas. Matures early about May 20th in west-central Texas. Medium sized fruit
with very good taste.
HARGLOW -- Medium size, dark orange with red blush, firm, sweet fruit on a late blooming tree. Early
to mid season ripening fruit.
GOLDENSWEET (pp#8932)-- Freestone, sweet (15-18 brix), frim fruit on
a moderately vigorous, productive tree. Blooms about a week later than common varieties. Self-fruitful.
TOMCOT (tm)(pp#7034)
-- From the Posser, WA research station. Light orange with traces of blush, moderately juicy fruit on a vigorous somewhat
self-fertile tree. This is not a late blooming apricot variety but it is included here because of it's long blooming
period of up to 3 weeks; which make the later blooms fall in the late bloom catagory. May need cross-pollination for the best
crops. Blooms and fruit seem more resistant to cold weather than most varieties.
JERSEYCOT -- From the breeding program
in New Jersey. A cross of a European strain apricot with a central Asian apricot (Zard). Producing a fairly late blooming
apricot with good fruit qualities. Matures about June 1st in west-central Texas. One of the best tastes of all apricots. Must
be picked when mature or will fall on the ground.
WE ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN LATE BLOOMING APRICOTS
