Just harvest these cots today. The beard nets did a good job protecting the fruits but they were single use due to the soft material not like the hair nets. The Chinese Sweet Pit Cots are real sweet and juicy. A keeper for me.
Tony
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Look good. Is that your first apricot this year?
My 1 and only Moniqui fell off so no white cots this year. My Puget Gold has a ton of fruit that is just starting to color a little.
Has it been hot enough for you? I noticed Omaha has been pretty warm. We’ve missed out, but today looks like a blazer. Cool shot next week so back to the 70Fs here…
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Rob,
Yes, The last 3 weeks the temp was in the upper 90’s with some humidity. BTW, the Jujube trees are loving the heat with lots of fruits set and the pollinators were out in force. A/C is running 24/7. I hate to see my electric bill.
Tony
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Tony, I looked at my one and the only apricot on Chinese Sweet Pit and it is still green. What a bummer. Did you try the pit of your apricot if it is sweet?
Marie,
I took a vice grip and cracked a pit. It tasted some what sweet reminiscent of a almond.
Tony
Tony, good to know that. I hope my is also CSP, although it is somewhat late.
My the only Chinese sweet pit apricot ripened today and was eaten.
It was medium sized, juicy, soft, medium sweet with good apricot flavor.
It grows on the northern part of the house this is probably why it was 11 days later than Tony’s.
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I’m going to ask you the same thing you asked tony 10 days ago…did you taste the pit, and if so was it sweet?
I dug the pit out of compost pile. It tasted without bitterness. So it is probably the real sweet pit apricot.
Question out of curiosity: are most of the commercial varieties offered in US with a bitter pit?
Yes.
nice. FYI, part of the reason I asked was related to this recent story and thread about possibly using pits in recipes.
This was the reason why I wanted to plant a sweet pit apricot, so I can use seeds as a bonus.
But no cyanide for me.
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Thank you. That explains this thread.
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Here in the U.S, the sell of bitter apricot kernels is illegal.
I wonder if I cross my peach x almond hybrid with a sweet pit apricot, will the result be a novelty fruit with both edible flesh and pit? Will the Peamondcot be the a sucess or a failure?
I might get a couple of peamondcots this year, but the seeds will not be edible as they are crosses between my peachmond and F1 Moorpark Apricot. Thus, I will be using them as rootstocks.
Tony,
Very nice harvest! Is this Sweet Pit same as the Mormon (Chinese) Apricot?
Tom
Tom,
Yes, they are the same.
Tony
Thanks Tony.
That means I probably will get some next year then! I have a grafted Mormon onto my Elberta since last year and it grew over 5’. This year, I cut it back to about 10" and it grew about 4’ by now with 3, 4 major branches.
I assumed that it’s nice to have some apricot to tie over while waiting for the peaches to ripe…
Hmm…
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Tony,
Even though most ads says the pit is sweet and eatable, I feel a bit reserved regarding consuming it in any format. What’s your take on this?
Tom