Apricot
Variety: Lady Cot (S)
Species: Prunus armeniaca
Origin
| Breeder, Place | Marie-Laure ETEVE, France |
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| Intellectual property | COT INTERNATIONAL, France |
| Property rights | registered for EU plant variety rights |
Blossom
| Blooming date, -intensity | late blossom period, ideal to high density |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
| Frost susceptibility | low susceptibility of flower buds to winter frost |
Fruit
| Ripening time | medium late, 6-9 days before 'Bergeron', can be picked over a long period |
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| Scale, shape | medium large, slightly oval-shaped |
| Colour | intense orange ground colour, 40-60% shiny medium to dark red over colour |
| Fruit flesh | orange, at the first pick very firm and medium juicy, with increasing maturity finely textured and juicy |
| Taste | at the first pick mild taste with emphasized sourness in the firm skin, as the fruit ripens acidity dissipates |
| Cracking sensitivity | low, after heavy rainfall when fully ripe fruits tend to rupture at the suture and in the stalk-cavity |
| Stone separability | freestone |
| Plum pox | according to breeder resistant |
| Storage | very good |
Tree
| Vigour | medium strong, semi-upright to spreading, compact habit, very good ramifying, dark green foliage |
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| Crop load | from an early age regular high to very high yields |
Evaluation
This medium late ripening apricot with a long harvest period impresses with the following fruit qualities: Plum pox virus resistance, self-fertility, high productivity with good fruit-size, attractive colour and shape, relatively good cracking resistance as well as very good storability.