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Another apricot you might want to consider is Puget Gold.  I bought one for a friend as a housewarming present, and was so jealous of his apricots that I bought one for myself, too.   We're both in eastern Mass, he's pretty close to the coast, and I'm further inland, where the snow sticks.  (I'm zone 6, he may be zone 7.)   It's too early to know for sure for this year, but it has bloomed after the last hard frost, and held its fruit through minor frosts, every year since we've planted it.  It was developed for the Pacific Northwest, but seems to be good in New England, too.

It's definitely self-fertile, since I doubt there's another apricot within 5 miles of either of us.  It blooms when there aren't many insects around, but I've often caught a lone bumble bee in the act of pollination.

I bought the trees from Burnt Ridge Nursery, burntridge@myhome.net.  They keep them in cold storage, and were able to sell me one fairly late in the season.  It's too late for me to cut scion wood this year, but if you remind me next winter I could do that.

Ginda Fisher

eastern Mass, zone 6

On Apr 14, 2007, at 9:49 AM, ROBERT W JUDY A HARTMAN wrote:

Where can I find scionwood of the JerseyCot so I could try it here?

 

Thanks,

Bob

western Washington

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From: Bassem Samaan

To: North American Fruit Explorers

Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 3:03 AM

Subject: [NAFEX] Fruit blooming without pollinators

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While many have experienced damage on their fruit trees this past week, I'm furtunate that my apricots are late bloomers. I have JerseyCot and another late blooming variety, they haven't bloomed fully until now. My peaches and plums and all others haven't bloomed yet. Now the question is, my apricot is almost in full bloom, there's no sub freezing temperature in the forecast, but what pollinates the apricots? There's no insects out yet in this cold. Would they get wind pollinated? Would the blossoms release pollen if the outside temperatures are below 50F?

 

Bass

Bethlehem, Pa, Zone 6