Apricot
Variety: Lido (S)
Species: Prunus armeniaca
Origin
| Breeder, Place | PSB Producción Vegetal S.L., Spain |
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| Intellectual property | PSB Producción Vegetal S.L., Spain |
| Crossing number | 2147-25 |
| Property rights | registered for EU plant variety rights |
Blossom
| Blooming date, -intensity | late, very high density |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
| Frost susceptibility | under examination |
Fruit
| Ripening time | medium early, 12 days after Flopria (S), at the same time as BERGEVAL ® Aviclo (S) |
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| Scale, shape | medium large, on average 50 mm, a bit oblong with limited suture |
| Colour | intense orange ground colour, 50 % red to dark red over colour |
| Fruit flesh | yellow to orange, at full maturity melting flesh and very juicy, a bit firm skin |
| Taste | sweet-aromatic with fine acidity in the skin |
| Cracking sensitivity | low |
| Stone separability | very good removing |
| Plum pox | under examination |
| Storage | under examination |
Tree
| Vigour | medium strong, semi-upright to spreading, very well branched, easy formation of new shoots |
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| Crop load | early setting, ideal to high, an early and consistent fruit thinning is necessary to achieve good fruit sizes |
Evaluation
Lido (S) is a medium-early ripening, self-fertile apricot variety with an attractive colour, sweet flavour and excellent stone solubility.
The self-fertility in combination with the late flowering ensures the yield even under unfavourable flowering conditions.
Both in France and in Switzerland (Valais), Lido (S) is already a very important, established variety in the earlier ripening period.
A minimum order of 25 trees per fruit grower is required !