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Apricots

WAIMEA STONEFRUIT

APRICOTS - Exclusive Varieties

Golden Wairata (Wairata*)
An improvement on Royal Rosa with more even maturity, larger fruit size and less fruit splitting. Flowering and harvesting is within a day or two of Royal Rosa.

We have a range of new Stonefruit varieties available for testing. Please contact us for more details.

APRICOTS - Licensed Varieties

Alex *
Round, medium sized (60mm, 70-90g), red blushed orange apricot. Harvested in early February in Central Otago. HR

Benmore *
Maturity 14 days after Moorpark. Large fruit with 10% red blush on orange-yellow. HR 

Cluthaearly *
2 days before Sundrop. Large fruit (100-200g). HR

 

Cluthagold *
2 weeks after Sundrop. Large size (63mm, 120g) with regular oval shape.  Very good eating quality. HR

Cluthalate *
30 days after Sundrop; 14 days after Moorpark.  Self fertile. Firm juicy flesh with sweet flavour. HR

Cluthastar *
19 days after Sundrop.  Medium size. Self fertile.  More suitable for Otago. HR

Cluthasun *
3-4 days after Sundrop. Ovate shape, 70-80g in weight. Juicy, melting firm flesh with good flavour. HR

Dunstan *
Large, ovate, yellow-orange apricot with some red blush. harvested in Central Otago in early January. HR

Gabriel *
HR

Mascot *
Ovate, medium-sized (66mm, 70-100g), very attractive, dark red blushed apricot. Harvested in early January in Central Otago. HR

Orange Red *
Sweet fruit with low acidity of medium to large size, with 25-50% bright red-orange blush. Ripens between Royal Rosa and Sundrop. NZFTC

Vulcan *
Very large (64mm, 110-130g) red blushed apricot. Harvested in Central Otago from late January, 4 days after Moorpark. HR

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