They look so yummy. Thank you for sharing.

ksgrower

What ARE those spots? My Harglow has them.

Have no idea. I think someone else on here said they go away when they color up...maybe it was Scott? The Tomcot did not have them, but the Puget Gold have had them since very early on. Hunza doesn't have them...

Speaking of Hunza...that tree is getting the ax and grafted over. I believe its on Citation, so I'd like to use the rootstock. It has 1! apricot...a branch that held maybe 4 or 6 fruits broke off earlier and squirrels or birds attacked the remaining fruit for some reason. It flowers great, has pollinators nearby yet fails to set a lot of fruit. Maybe its due to age, who knows (too young)... The fruit I tasted last year weren't anything eye opening.

Those spots are peach scab. I have a similar amount of it on my Puget Gold which I am harvesting now; it doesn't go away unfortunately. It is only cosmetic unless you get a lot of it, at some point it seems to stunt the fruit growth. Puget Gold gets it far too much and I am hoping to find some other cot to replace my PG with eventually, partly for that reason.

Nice looking Tomcots! I am surprised how well they sized up given how little thinning you did.

Scott

Very nice looking fruit but what do they taste like? I grew up in N Illinois and never saw a ripe apricot or peach on the tree so you have done very well!!

Stunt the fruit growth!?! My Harglows are so stunted they won't be worth picking.

Taste great. Juicy, sweet, nice apricot flavor... Not sure what the brix levels would be. I think we've had pretty good weather for perfect ripening (dry, hot, lots of sun). Today was sunny and 90F. I gave a few to some people from Michigan who stopped in their car. Hopefully they realize that real fruit grows only in Wisconsin (just kidding!) :)
Its still tough figuring out the timing of spray on these for PC. I did 2 sprays and would probably do 3 sprays next year.

Frank,

Nice looking cots. I recall you've had a terrible time with PC in the past. How did you control them this year?

I sprayed 2 sprays of Triazicide, but still had a lot of fruit hit (bad timing?...i think i waited too long between sprays). Its no where near under control. I'm going to try some of the PC traps next year so I can monitor them better.