[NAFEX] [permaculture] heritage peach tree preservation
Lon J. Rombough
lonrom at hevanet.com
Mon Jul 10 21:56:51 EDT 2006
I've grown a population of seedlings from "Mormon Chinese" pits sent to
me by Tim Udall in Arizona. The seedlings bloom later than any apricot
I've seen, some a little later than Japanese plums. The fruit is quite
similar among the trees, with large pits, and while the quality isn't
outrageous, it's decent. The important thing is that there IS fruit.
In the NW it's darn hard to get fruit on most apricots because they
usually bloom so early that the cold, wet weather causes so much
disease the blossoms blast. Several of the Mormon Chinese seedlings
have even shown some resistance to the blast, which is noteworthy in
itself.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at
http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association
"Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Jul 10, 2006, at 6:49 PM, MARIE ASHTON wrote:
Oliver,
The Chinese apricot varitey came from Utah orginally and is said to
have 'sweet pits'. We have quite a few of the Chinese variety
apricots in our orchard. There is one drawback to the Chinese variety
and this is it is a clingstone. The best trait of the Chinese is that
it is good for late frost prone areas as it blooms over about three
weeks and will usually outlast the late frosts. As to the age of the
Apricot trees, that is not considered too long a time for apricots.
Peaches will usually be gone in 25 years but apricots may still be
producing 200 years after planting. There are apricot trees in the
Hunza Valley of Pakistan that are inheired by the women that are said
to be over 300 years old.
As to the pits, I would suggest that you roast the kernels before
eating them. Even in Central Asia they roast them. And anybody reading
this should not try to eat the pits of any apricots that are not
considered to have 'sweet pits.'
Good luck with your projects.
Regards,
Richard Ashton
Oak Creek Orchard
www.oakcreekorchard.com
bwoodtx at verizon.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: oliver smith callis
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 8:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] [permaculture] heritage peach tree preservation
>
> Richard,
> thanks for your suggestions, I noticed that you are specializing
> partly in apricots. On the adjacent property to the peaches, there are
> two apricot trees that were planted in 1864, one is a Chinese and the
> other is a Moore Park. These trees are in much better shape, they've
> been well taken care of, and we will be working to propagate these as
> well. I'm not sure of the average lifespan of apricots, so I don't
> know if these are out of the ordinary. The owner told me that the
> Chinese Apricot has pits that are sweeter than almonds.
> Thanks,
> Oliver
>
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