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- Mixed fruit varieties from apricot and plum
- Breeding or natural wonders?
- Tip:
- Pluots
- Apriums
- Pflaumikose: cultivation and care
- Note:
- Tips & Tricks
Mixed fruit varieties from apricot and plum
Sweet fruits of summer merge with juicy autumn pleasures. The result is a variety of mixed fruit varieties. Learn about unique taste experiences from local gardens.
Breeding or natural wonders?
Where plums and apricots feel at home and thrive, plumcots or apriplums have been produced for hundreds of years. Nature combines apricots with cherry plums or Chinese plums.
Tip:
The Biricoccolo (Black Apricot, Pope Apricot) is currently conquering the hearts of German garden lovers. This old genus of plants originated from a cross between apricot and cherry plum. It is characterized by its sweet and very juicy character. In addition, she is extremely hardy. Biricoccolo grows throughout Germany.
From the hybrids (Plumcots or Apriplums) first generation arise after further breeding Pluots or aprium. Botanists call this process variety formation. As a result, the new varieties are characterized by smaller cores and a distinctive sweetness.
Pluots
Floyd Zaiger bred this combination in the 20th century. The fruits look very similar to the plums due to the smooth surface and coloring. Under this scheme, a US-American strain is conquering the world market. The pluots - Brontosaurius egg stem from apricots, plums, peaches and nectarines.
Apriums
From complex breeds Zaiger developed aprium. They have essential characteristics of apricots.
Pflaumikose: cultivation and care
The mixed fruit is juicy like a plum and sweet as an apricot. Kids love this fresh treat. Due to the low stature height (maximum 3 meters), the resistant Pflaumikose is suitable for cultivation in smaller gardens. A pretty eye-catcher she represents in front gardens.
Always remove the lower shoots during the first few years. In this way, the small trunk forms well. When planting, simply mix humus soil with compost and horn shavings. The easy-care plum-tree prefers natural fertilizer.
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Always keep the soil moist. This has a particularly positive effect on fruiting. From the third year the Pflaumikose carries dark red fruits in the late summer.
Tips & Tricks
In the specialist trade, these new varieties are available. When choosing, pay attention to resistant variants that are suitable for the climatic conditions of your garden.
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