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Seattle weather oftens fools apricots and plums into blooming early in the season. There are few insects around to pollinate when this happens, so little fruit is produced. A breeding program in Bulgaria is trying to develop apricots that solve this problem. I don’t subscribe to the literature service mentioned below, but from the abstract, which I summarize, this work looks interesting. -Mark Lee, Seattle
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ISHS Acta Horticulturae 538: Eucarpia symposium on Fruit Breeding and Genetics BREEDING FOR VERY EARLY AND VERY LATE RIPENING APRICOTS Authors: E. Tzoneva, R. Tzonev Abstract: Among the main objectives of the apricot breeding programme in Bulgaria since 1988 are obtaining new cultivars which possess ...late blooming, and high chilling requirements... a total number of 887 hybrids... The late ripening selection XIV.86.93. has a large, attractive, bicoloured fruit, stable dormancy and late blooming. |
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