Pluot
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
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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
[edit]- Nectaplum
- Peacotum
- Prunus brigantina, an apricot species with smooth-skinned fruit
- Prunus dasycarpa, an apricot hybrid known as "black apricot" or "purple apricot"
References
[edit]- ^ "Zaiger Interspecifics". Dave Wilson Nursery. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Brantley, Chip (2009-08-19). "Plu-What? What's the difference between pluots and plumcots". Slate.
- ^ Okie, W.R. 2005. Spring satin plumcot. Journal of American Pomological Society. 59(3):119-124.abstract
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Pluot". Oxford University Press. 1 January 2019. Archived from the original on January 22, 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Okie, W.R. 2005. Spring satin plumcot. Journal of American Pomological Society. 59(3):119-124".
- ^ 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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