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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pluots
  • Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:20:19 -0700

I've got a pluot that holds extremely well on the tree, but that's most of what I can say about it. It's productive, but not very exciting in flavor. It has been hanging at least a month past ripe and it's still sound. It's not a named variety, though. It was grown from seed of Luther Burbank's "Apex" plumcot.
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On Aug 21, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Stephen Sadler wrote:

My experience is that they hold well in the fridge, and ripen well at room
temperature in a paper bag. But then, I may be starting with riper fruit.

~ Stephen

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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of William C. Garthright
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 8:10 AM
To: NAFEX List
Subject: [NAFEX] Pluots

Does anyone know if pluots will ripen after being picked? They don't
seem to do it for me (these are the Flavor Grenade variety, if it matters).

Then again, they don't seem to be ripening on the tree, either. They've
looked "almost ripe" for a month now. They got to the stage where they
were partially red, but still with some green,... and they've stayed
that way for week after week. I've sampled them, and no, they're not
ripe. And I've brought them inside - those which I knocked off the tree,
or otherwise ended up on the ground for no apparent reason - and they
don't want to ripen on the counter, either.

It seems particularly odd to me because they are supposed to be
three-quarters plum (and this variety seems to be quite plum-like in
appearance and taste, too). And my plums ripen REALLY fast when brought
inside. Well, they ripen pretty quickly on the tree, too, once they get
started.

I was just wondering. This is my first year with fruit, and I've got a
ton of it on this particular tree. But I've had it netted for a long
time now, and the robins have figured out how to get inside. They're
really doing a number on the fruit.

Thanks,

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

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