Apricot-plum hybrid. Resembles an apricot but with a distinctive flavor and texture all its own. High taste-test scores, one of the most flavorful early season fruits. Very low chilling requirement, less than 300 hours.
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Flavor Delight Aprium® Interspecific Apricot
Flavor Delight Aprium® Interspecific Apricot

- Estimated Chilling Requirement
less than 300 hours below 45°F - USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
6 - 10 - Pollination
Self-fruitful, but largest crops when pollenized by another apricot.
- Bloom Season within fruit type(see note)
very early - Harvest Season within fruit type
early - Harvest Dates
June 3 to June 17(approximate for Hickman, CA) - Developed by Zaiger Genetics. U.S. Plant Patent No. 7090. (Expired)



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Additional Notes
Flavor Delight Aprium®, an interspecific apricot, includes apricot and plum in its parentage.
WHILE DWARFING ROOTSTOCKS HAVE IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES, ROOTSTOCKS SHOULD BE SELECTED PRIMARILY FOR ADAPTABILITY TO THE SOIL AND CLIMATE OF THE PLANTING SITE. For the 2020-21 planting season, Flavor Delight is offered on the following rootstock(s) (listed in order of quantity in production, largest quantity first):
Citation (semi-dwarf, 3/4 of standard size)
Nemaguard (standard)
Myro 29C (standard)
Marianna 26-24 (semi-standard, slightly dwarfing)