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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Craig Ledbetter with the USDA in CA. has been working with Hunza apricots brought back by Dr. Maxine Thompson.  He says they bloom about two months after regular apricots.  The problem is that they have no disease resistance because of their background.  Hunza is so isolated there is no disease of apricots.  The material came back as seed, so he has seedlings.  The fruits are small, but very high in sugar.  None has been released, only used in breeding.
-Lon Rombough
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On Apr 11, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Martha L. Davis wrote:

I have a graft from the Old Bear Creek  Nursery Variety Bill's Nectar Peachcot.  It does appear to bloom later than most apricots though  it is more peach than apricot.  The New Jersey apricot breeding program is working on later blooming or resistant flowers.  They are more in the climate you are interested in.  Here in New Mexico where there are lots of fluctuating temperatures in the last week we have had highs in the 40-60 degree range and lows from 25-37. There is a group testing both named varieties and various introduction from the Davis germplasm repository.  If we find anything wonderfull we'll let people know, though here the humidity related disease aren't so much of a problem here so we don't check on that much if at all.

Martha