Apricot
Trademark: BERGEVAL ™
Variety: Aviclo (S)
Species: Prunus armeniaca
Origin
| Breeder, Place | INRA, France |
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| Intellectual property | CEP Innovation, France |
| Parents | ORANGERED ™ Bhart x Bergeron |
| Crossing number | A 3950 |
| Property rights | registered for EU plant variety rights and trademark |
Blossom
| Blooming date, -intensity | medium flowering period, ideal blossom density |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
| Frost susceptibility | low susceptibility of flower buds to winter frost |
Fruit
| Ripening time | medium early, 3-6 days after 'Orangenaprikose' |
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| Scale, shape | medium, rounded |
| Colour | orange ground colour, about 50 % red to dark red over colour |
| Fruit flesh | orange, medium firm, very juicy |
| Taste | highly aromatic, well flavoured before full maturity, skin slightly sourish although of little concern |
| Cracking sensitivity | tends to rupture star-shaped in the stalk cavity at full maturity |
| Stone separability | freestone |
| Plum pox | resistant |
| Storage | limited storage, low temperatures will cause internal fruit damage |
Tree
| Vigour | medium to strong, semi-upright with long and strong fruiting branches |
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| Crop load | medium to ideal |
Evaluation
This mid-season ripening, self-fertile apricot has an impressive appearance, intense flavour and good resistance to plum pox virus. The fruit flesh is very juicy and medium firm and has a tendency to become fibrous during storage. Due to this condition this variety is suitable for direct marketing and limited transport distances.