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Steve Cummins: 
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or call   
607-227-6147
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dr. James N. Cummins
(Jim)
 
Office Phone: 
(865) 233-3539

email:

rootstocks@gmail.com


 

Stone Fruits
Apricots | Peaches | Nectarines | Cherries (Sweets , Tarts , Pollination Groups ) | Plums ( Plum Varieties , Plum Rootstocks )

            APRICOTS

 HINTS FOR PLANTING APRICOTS- Apricots are very susceptible to "Wet Feet".  It is always best to plant on very well drained soil.  If you have marginal soil, planting on a large berm about 1 ft. high with a 10 ft. diameter will extend the life of your trees dramatically.

ALFRED.  Very hardy New York introduction.  Medium-small fruit.  Very good flavor.  Dependably productive.   On Manchurian  apricot for 2010.

HARCOT  This early variety matures a week before Goldcot.  Fruit is medium size, attractive orange with slight blush.  Very good sweet flavor, fine texture.  Cold hardy; moderately tolerant of bacterial spot.  

HARGLO  Relatively dependable production.  For fresh market, PYO, home gardening.  Suitable for home canning.  Fruits are medium size, bright orange, freestone, firm, sweet.  Compact, late-blooming, productive tree.  Moderately resistant to perennial canker, brown rot and bacterial spot.  Self-fertile (but it's prudent to have pollenizer variety).  

HARGRAND  Fruits are exceptionally large, commonly more than 2 1/4 inches.  Dull orange with speckled blush.  Flesh is firm, orange, freestone; good flavor and texture.  Relatively tolerant to brown rot, bacterial spot and perennial canker.  Cold hardy.     On Manchurian  apricot for 2010.

HARLAYNE  Medium-size fruit.  Skin carries bright red blush on glossy orange; freestone; very firm.  Productive tree.  Late ripening.  Resistant to perennial canker, considerable resistance to brown rot and to bacterial spot.     On Manchurian  apricot for 2010.

HARVAL   Orange fruit with red blush.  Moderately productive.      On Manchurian  apricot for 2010.

HAROGEM  Fruits medium-small.  Keeping quality is exceptionally good.  Skin is red blush on orange; orange flesh.  Resistant to perennial canker and to brown rot.    On Manchurian  apricot for 2010.

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