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["Ginda Fisher" <list@ginda.us>]

The puget gold fruits that I picked when the squirrels started to remove lots of fruit were small and not very sweet, despite having the coloration of ripe fruit.  The handful of fruit that survived on the tree until they were actually ripe (or nearly ripe) were much larger, much sweeter, and delicious.  

I can't compare to other apricots as I've never eaten another that hadn't beenshipped from far away, but I was very satisfied with the flavor of Puget gold.

-- Ginda

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Robert Bruns wrote:

Jerry -

 

I tried Puget Gold.  It produced small, shriveled fruit that weren't that sweet.  Hungarian Rose planted 40 feet away produced large, full apricots with very good flavor.  Puget gold performs very well in the Pacific northwest, but there is something about the soil/climate/pathogens of Indiana that makes it perform poorly here.

 

Puget Gold did seem to improve the pollination of Hungarian Rose.  They bloom within a day of each other.

 

Fred

Central Indiana

Zone 5B

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 10:40 AM, <Jwlehman@aol.com> wrote:

In a message dated 9/1/2009 11:51:16 PM Central Daylight Time, list@ginda.us writes:

Thanks.  We had an extraordinarily cool wet spring, so I might gamble on the same cultivar (Puget Gold).  It had the virtue of setting fruit in New England, which I gather most apricots don't. 
Gind

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Dear group,

I just returned from the Annual NAFEX meeting held in Grand Junction, CO. Excellent meeting, albeit too short. 

Our apricot expert, Bob Purvis, brought several apricot taste samples. Puget Gold was one. I'm not an apricot expert, but I can tell you Puget Gold is wonderful wonderful tasting apricot. I had given up on growing apricots but may try again for this variety.

Jerry
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