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  • From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Best apricots for the northeast
  • Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 12:47:17 -0400

I had good luck with Puget Gold in eastern MA, until it dropped dead one
summer. (Probably borers.) The one I gave to a friend in Cambridge (milder
climate) is now huge and extremely productive.

I had nice crops until the squirrels discovered the fruit. Then I got no crop
at all. As soon as the apricots got close to ripe, they would all disappear
off the tree.

Ginda

On May 27, 2012, at 12:38 PM, Robert Bruns wrote:

> Steve -
>
> You might try Harlayne - a late bloomer that ripens much later than
> Early Blush. It was developed in Harrow, Ontario, which due to the
> lake effect probably has a climate similar to New Jersey. It is
> carried by Gurneys and several other nurseries.
>
> I have had good luck with Hungarian Rose here in Indiana (zone 5b).
> It is also a late bloomer. I bought it from Stark Bros but it isn't
> available anymore. I could send scionwood next spring.
>
> The problem with sweet pit apricots (like Hungarian Rose) is that
> squirrels will chew into the green apricots to get to the pits. Once
> one squirrel figures out how to do it, the whole neighborhood will
> beat a path to your tree.
>
> Fred
>
> On 5/27/12, Steven Covacci <filtertitle@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have an Early Blush apricot and am looking for a second variety - I live
>> in zone 6b/7a New Jersey. It looks like Jerseycot will be a late-bloomer,
>> but disease prone.
>> I was considering Tomcot; but maybe Montrose will be a better idea. One
>> thing about Montrose (which I do not know to be true of Early Blush or
>> Tomcot) is that it has a sweet-pit; that gives it a big advantage, if I can
>> use it as an almond substitute.
>> Thank you,
>> Steve; NJ
>>
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