Fruit Tree Database

Fruit Type

Apricot

Variety/Cultivar

Bebeco

Fruit Description

Small to medium, round, pale yellow apricot with slight red blush. Light orange flesh, very sweet and juicy, freestone.

Common Uses

Known as 'honey' apricots because of the sweet honey flavour that develops when the fruit is very ripe. Make lovely jam (not too dark). Not the best apricot for drying as needs to be very ripe for the sweetness to develop, and then they're harder to handle.

Origin

Greece

Pollination

Any apricot that flowers at the same time, e.g. Moorpark, Patterson, Trevatt, Tilton

Chill Hours

Low

Blossom Time

Mid-season

Harvest Time

-3 days Rival, mid-December in Harcourt, central Victoria

Production Notes

Apricots need frost protection, particularly at blossom time. Fruit ripens well on the tree and are not particularly prone to falling off. Tend to be a very spreading tree.

Disease Susceptibility

Apricots are generally susceptible to blossom blight.

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