Harogem
Apricot, Prunus armeniaca
This self-fertile variety ripens medium late and has attractive, firm fruits that have a sweet-aromatic taste. A high sugar content makes this variety suitable for distilling.
Blossom
Blooming date, -intensity
early blossom period, ideal density
Fertility
self-sterile
Frost susceptibility
low to medium
Fruit
Ripening time
medium late, about 6 days before 'Bergeron'
Scale, shape
medium, ellipsoid flat shaped, deep suture
Colour
intense orange ground colour, 40-60 % red to dark red over colour
Fruit flesh
intense orange, firm, very juicy
Taste
sweet-aromatic
Cracking sensitivity
low
Stone separability
freestone
Plum pox
tolerant
Storage
good
Tree
Vigour
medium strong, upright, moderate branching
Crop load
medium high, tends to biennial bearing and fruit drop
Origin
Breeder, Place
Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario, Canada
Parents
Rouge de Roussillion x NJA 2, 1969
Typen, Selection
INFEL 2215
Property rights
free variety