Apricot
Variety: Vertige (S)
Species: Prunus armeniaca
Origin
| Breeder, Place | INRA, France |
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| Intellectual property | CEP Innovation, France |
| Crossing number | A 3845 |
| Property rights | registered for EU plant variety rights |
Blossom
| Blooming date, -intensity | medium to late blossom period, ideal density |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
| Frost susceptibility | low susceptibility of flower buds to winter frost |
Fruit
| Ripening time | medium late, shortly before 'Bergeron' |
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| Scale, shape | medium to large, ellipsoid, limited suture |
| Colour | yellow orange ground colour, 25-40 % shiny red, speckled over colour |
| Fruit flesh | orange, melting flesh, very juicy |
| Taste | spicy, very aromatic with balanced acidity, already very tasty when still underripe |
| Cracking sensitivity | high after heavy rainfall when fully matured, has a tendency to rupture star-shaped around the stalk cavity |
| Stone separability | freestone |
| Storage | good |
Tree
| Vigour | medium to strong, semi-upright, sparsely branching |
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| Crop load | regular medium |
Evaluation
Very aromatic, self-fertile apricot that has an attractive appearance and regular crop loads. Vertige (S) is recommended for organic growing in France because of its robustness.