Its too late in the season, but i will try!
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According to this academic publication (´SOLÉDANE´, ´FLORILÈGE´ AND ´BERGAROUGE ®´AVIRINE: THREE NEW APRICOT CULTIVARS FOR FRENCH COUNTRY), the Florilège variety has been developed in INRA (Institut national de la recherche agronomique) in France.
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Stan, you and Mam are correct, my mistake. Floriledge is grown right here. I will look for it. The local producers grow, Rouge de Roussillion, Bergeron,(sp?) Polonaise, Orange-Red and now the last of the varieties are out today. Will look for them.
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I wonder when Soledane and Bergarouge will be available in the US.
You can buy the trees (I’ve only seen Bergarouge). Here are some pics of the very last Polonaise (the very small apricots) the sign says for jam (they aren’t first quality). And the other two boxes are Orange-Red. Pretty much the last of them. There will be a few trickles, but by the beginning of August, Apricot season is over.
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I am impressed by the size of Orangered there. Wonder how they got to be so large!
My Beauty Japanese plums are ripening. My experience is that it is very vigorous growing variety (its graft took over my Shiro tree). It blooms and sets fruit abundantly.
The fruit size is large (for plums). It is very juicy. That’s the end of the positives. In my area where we have more rain than not, taste has been mildly sweet compared to several other J. plums. I have had Beauty for 3 years, the results have been the same.
This one had brix at 14.5 which was good for Beauty in my yard. The one I had yesterday was about 12, like diluted sugar water. I believe Beauty grown is a dry climate would be much better tasting than in a wet area. Its lagre size would be a bonus, too.
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Many of the apricots are that large. I am growing Rouge de Roussillion and praying I have some next year. First tree died from over watering (not used to gardening in pots) those are supposed to be big. Who knows what that means. I am finding that growing in pots slows down ripening and the fruit is a bit smaller.
I think it is what as known as the terroir. I am in the stone fruit capital of France. Its the climate, soil, and particularly the heat. The heat also makes most fruit very sweet. The Orange-Red are huge. Juicy and sweet.
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@mamuang, how would you rate your Clemson bags overall? Have you compared them to baggies or other protection?
Rose,
Could you please let me know what “baggie” you referred to?
Just thinking a regular plastic sandwich bag with vent holes.
I do not use ziplock plastic bags with peaches due to a concern about insufficient ventilation. @BobVance ’s dad is the only one I know who has bagged peaches successfully with ziplock plastic bags (with 2 ventilation holes the the bottom two corners).
I use ziplock bags for apples and Clemson bags for peaches. I know people use Clemson bags aka paper bags successfully for nectarines, plums, apples, etc, too.
Thanks for the guidance! I used footies this year but I’m thinking of bagging next year.
For peaches/nectarines, I have found that PC and OFM can lay eggs through organza bags made or footsie (stocking) material.
For apples, ziplock plastic bags are the easiest and cheapest to use.
I don’t have PC or OFM to deal with here,but have used footies with organza bags over them to protect against other pests.I wonder if they will be effective for those two?
You don’t have PC or OFM?!!! I don’t even want to to speak with you any more 
I can see an organza bag over a footsie sox could work but not practical. It is tough enough to bag each fruit once. Bagging twice is overkill. On average, I bagged over thousand bags.
These are Early Magic Japanese plums. Picked today, 8/2/21.
@alan has spoken well about it. I have too much and too often rain so brix has been only 10-12.
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There are houses for sale,right down the street and probably for a lot less than your neighborhood.Job opportunities too.
A thousand bags.That must be quite a sight!
Thanks for the tips but I prefer blizzards to wild fires!!
On a good year, apples in zip lock bags, peaches and nectarines in Clemson bags, some pears in thick nylon bags, plums in organza bags and many window screen sleeves, etc. yes, it was a sight to see 