Bergeron
Apricot, Prunus armeniaca
Bergeron is a traditional late variety with high to very high annual productivity. For good fruit quality thorough fruit-thinning and pruning of fruit wood is required. Because of its excellent taste, attractive appearance and easy transport Bergeron is suited for wholesale as well as direct marketing.
Blossom
Blooming date, -intensity
medium late to late blossom period, ideal to high density
Fertility
self-fertile
Frost susceptibility
low susceptibility of flower buds to winter frost and late frost
Fruit
Ripening time
late
Scale, shape
medium large, rounded to globose with a clear suture, symmetrically even half-fruits
Colour
orange yellow ground colour, on sunny side deep red, partly speckled
Fruit flesh
orange, medium firm, very juicy
Taste
highly aromatic with fine acidity
Cracking sensitivity
high after heavy rainfall and when fully ripe
Stone separability
freestone
Storage
very good, travels well
Tree
Vigour
weak in juvenile phase, in the establishment years becoming medium to strong, upright to spreading, good even branching
Crop load
regular high yields from an early age, timely fruit-thinning is essential, several picks necessary
Origin
Breeder, Place
circa 1920 from Mr. Bergeron, Lyon (France)
Type, Selection
INFEL 660
Property rights
free variety