Subject: [NAFEX] Will apricot and sand cherry (Prunus pumila) naturally form a plumcot hybrid?
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 03:15:52 -0500 (EST)
Hi,
Plumcot is the result of the interspecific hybridization of apricot (Prunus armeniaca) and the genetically compatible sand cherry (Prunus pumila spp. besseyi - western sand cherry). Burbank was one who was successful in forming a "plumcot". Their bloom periods seem to match up, in the Atlantic northeast.
Asian plums will freely hybridize with US-native plums, open-pollinated, as their chromosomal counts are equivalent. I think apricot (will they?) and Asian plums will cross. So, will apricot freely hybridize with native plums, including and/OR specifically sand "cherry" (a plum)?
Thanks,
Steve
New Jersey; USDA zone 6b/7a
[NAFEX] Will apricot and sand cherry (Prunus pumila) naturally form a plumcot hybrid?,
Steven Covacci, 01/04/2011