Fruit is medium to large, orange with red spots, and tends to keep a green shoulder, not getting the full apricot colour all over. Like Trevatt, ripens from the inside which means it gets the full apricot flavour and is lovely and sweet, aromatic, and juicy. Freestone.
Common Uses
Eating fresh, preserving.
Origin
Heritage variety from England, dating from the early 1800s.
Pollination
Self-fertile
Chill Hours
Low chill, approximately 400 hours.
Blossom Time
Early flowering, making it vulnerable to frost.
Harvest Time
Early season, early November in central Vic
Production Notes
Disease Susceptibility
Like all apricots, very prone to blossom blight if wet weather during blossom time.
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