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  • From: Lon Rombough <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Stark Sweetheart Apricot
  • Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:33:01 -0700

Sorry Mark, it doesn't work here in the NW. I tried some years ago when they were new. Garfield has the kind of warm, dry spring weather (albeit with frost) that allows apricots to set most years, without getting the blossom blight and gummosis that NW apricots usually get. Been there, done that, didn't work.
-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 Oct 18, 2004, at 12:07 PM, Mark Lee wrote:

A few months ago I was looking into Sweet Pit apricot, and now I'm
following up on a lead provided by Lon. Garfield Shults of Homedale,
Idaho developed this, and now Stark sells it under the name of
Sweetheart Apricot, aka Homedale cultivar. I would like to hear how
this performs for any of you that grow it. One of my concerns is the
bloom time for this variety. For my Seattle garden, the later blooming,
the better to avoid blooming when its too wet and cold for pollinators.
Thanks,
Mark Lee, Seattle, z8a





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