Pluot

A Raspberry Jewel pluot, before and after cutting

Pluots, apriums, apriplums, or plumcots, are some of the hybrids between different Prunus species that are also called interspecific plums. In the United States and Canada, these fruits are known by most regulatory agencies as interspecific plums. Whereas plumcots and apriplums are first-generation hybrids between a plum parent (P. salicina or P. cerasifera or their hybrids), and an apricot (P. armeniaca), pluots and apriums are later-generations.[1][2] Both names "plumcot" and "apriplum" have been used for trees derived from a plum seed parent, and are therefore equivalent.[3][4]

Plumcots and apriplums

Natural plumcots/apriplums have been known for hundreds of years from regions of the world that grow both plums and apricots from seed.[5] The name plumcot was created by Luther Burbank.[6] The plumcot tree can reproduce asexually by budding[3] whereas the apriplum tree resulted from hybridized seedlings and cannot reproduce.[4]

Pluots

Pluots /ˈplɒt/[7] are later generations of hybrid that are genetically one-fourth (25%) apricot and three-fourths (75%) plum.[8] The fruit's exterior has smooth skin closely resembling that of a plum. Pluots were developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger.[9]

Apriums

Rose apriums

Apriums are complex plum-apricot hybrids that show primarily apricot traits and flavor.[1] Genetically, they are one-fourth (25%) plum and three-fourths (75%) apricot.[8]

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.[8] 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.

Varieties

Plumcot varieties

Splash Pluot

Plumcot varieties include:

Pluot varieties

Flavorosa pluot
Dapple Dandy pluot
Splash pluot on tree

Pluot varieties include:[10]

Aprium varieties

Aprium varieties include:[13]

Media

Pluots feature prominently in the final three episodes of season one of Just Add Magic (TV series) from Amazon Studios[14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Chip Brantley (2009). The perfect fruit: good breeding, bad seeds, and the hunt for the elusive pluot (snippet view). New York: Bloomsbury, USA.
  2. Brantley, Chip (2009-08-19). "Plu-What? What's the difference between pluots and plumcots?". Slate.
  3. 1 2 US patent PP4338 Plumcot tree
  4. 1 2 US patent PP19519
  5. Okie, W.R. 2005. Spring satin plumcot. Journal of American Pomological Society. 59(3):119-124.abstract
  6. 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. 1. Luther Burbank Press. pp. 211–244.
  7. "Pluot". Oxford English Dictionary Online (subscription required). Draft entry, September 2006. Retrieved 2009-07-03. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. 1 2 3 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.
  9. Okie, W.R. 2005. Spring satin plumcot. Journal of American Pomological Society. 59(3):119-124.
  10. Centers for Disease Control, Fruit of the month
  11. Kingsburg Orchards web site
  12. theproduceguide.com listing for Raspberry Jewel pluot
  13. aprium-facts from grownincalifornia.com
  14. Amazon's Just Add Magic
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