Apricots – Prunus Ameniaca

Harcot

Medium to large, oblong, orange fruit with a slight red blush. Firm, smooth, fine grained, freestone flesh. Very good, sweet flavor. Vigorous, productive, self fertile tree. Cold hardy. Good resistance to perennial caner, bacterial spot and brown rot. Ripens in July. Ripens fully on the tree without dropping. 700 chill hours. Ones 5-9. Developed in Canada in 1977.

Harglow

Medium size, bright orange fruit with red blush. Medium firm orange, freestone flesh. Good texture and flavor. Compact, late blooming, productive tree. Self-fertile. Resistant to perennial canker and brown rot. Moderately resistant to bacterial spot. Ripens in Late July. 800 chill hours. Zones 5-9. Introduced by the Harrow Research station in Ontario, Canada 1982.

Manchurian Bush Apricot

Prunus armeniaca var mandshurica. Small, plump, golden yellow fruit. Sweet, juicy, freestone flesh. Can be used for fresh eating, preserves, and drying. Compact bush like tree grows 10-12 feet tall. Pinkish white, frost resistant blossoms appear in early spring before the glossy green foliage. Amazingly vigorous. Thrives almost anywhere. Bears young and heavily. Self fertile but more fruitful in a group of two or three. Makes a good hedge planting. Dependable hardy when used for rootstock. Requires a minimum annual precipitation of 15 inches. Ripens in mid july. Zones 2-9. Native to Manchuria where it withstands winter of -60 degrees F and summers of 110+ F.

Sweet Pit

Chinese sweet pit, Mormon apricot. Large fuzzless, deep orange fruit, 2.25-2.5 inches in diameter and .5-.75 inches long. Sweet flesh with a sweet almond like kernel. Preferred for jam, drying and roadside market. Self fruitful tree grows 15-18 feet tall with a a12-15 foot spread. Blooms a bit later than most. Ripens in July. Requires a minimum annual precipitation of 15 inches. Zones 3-8. Still grown commercially in British Columbia at the northern limits of apricot culture.

Puget Gold

Large, elongated freestone fruit with very good flavor. Natural semi dwarf tree can easily be maintained at 15 feet. Prolific bearer. Blooms in early March. Self fertile. Ripens in Early August. 600-700 chill hours. Ones 4-9. Officially named and introduced by Washington State University.