You’re just starting meanwhile my latest apricot, Summer Delight, is about done. It is very good and tastes a lot like Leah Cot. Leah Cot is a lot bigger. Neither tastes like most standard apricots. They’ve got a bit of a hybrid/pluot taste.
My buddy has some of my old varieties. I’m trying to get them grafted back in the GH. I could have 2-3 months of apricot.
Those do look good and I like the early feature. Doesn’t look like they have any fur either. Do they have any sour in the taste?
I’m in Idaho 6b, and this year has been a great cot year. I have harvested all the Tomcots now, which have been great. Hoyt Montrose and Zard are on the way. My Canadian White Blenheim is finally putting out a good crop this year, and they are large and excellent. Unexpectedly my favorite. It’s less productive than my Tomcot if you were comparing fruit to wood ratio, but my CWB is also a better looking tree.
I know… it’s very annoying… My only condolence for the very late season is that it allowed me to skip the spring freeze that destroyed the cot crops of friends more south than me on the east coast…
I had Summer Delight, but I removed it. It ripened its crop mid September, which is too late for me, and makes it compete with top dogs like Flavor King and Zephyr. Once the nectarine season starts, I find myself not caring for other fruit…
Little sourness, just enough to balance the flavor. It is mildly sweet too, but juicy and have classic cot flavor.
Took forever for mine to start producing, but my new favorite also. Thinking about trying some other whites.
Try White Knockout. I don’t know how productive it is, but taste is outstanding.
Will try to find it this winter. CWB taste totally different than regular apricots. Whites might be my new thing.
It is very productive in my yard, and in Davis, CA. It is self pollinating.