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Growing an aprium from seed

7 months ago

I'm growing a seed from an aprium.

For those who may not know, an aprium is a (plum x apricot) x apricot cross, so is about 25 percent plum.




It will be interesting to see what fruits this tree eventually produces.


An aprium can be one alternative possibility for those in a climate that do not really get a lot of chill hours, since apricots typically require less chill, or can be more tolerant of inadequate chill, than plums usually can.

Conversely, it could also be considered as a possibility for those who live in colder climates, since apricots often do not do as well there, due to their early blooming and vulnerability to spring frost, so a little bit of plum in its ancestry may help.


The fruit itself was basically like an apricot except far more juicy and tender inside, and definitely had some noticeable plum taste to it. Very good, in my opinion.


Of course it will take a long time for a seed to grow into a tree that is ready to produce fruit. And it will be helpful to graft the tree on a special dwarfing rootstock, because if that is not done, the tree will have to grow very big, and take many more years, before it is ready to begin producing fruit. (being on rootstock helps divert some of the tree's growth into fruit production earlier in its lifespan)

And who knows if this tree will truly end up being an aprium. The parent tree could have been pollinated by some other plum or apricot tree in the vicinity, so there's a possibility this seedling tree could end up being a more complex hybrid.

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