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Hi, I am a new novice fruit tree gardener. I recently purchased my first three stone fruit trees! After agonizing over varieties, and reading many of the threads on this forum, I decided to go with Summer Delight Aprium, Autumn Rose Peach, and Hollywood Plum.
Since you’ve grown Summer Delight Apriums, could you tell me if that is enough trees, or if I would need some other kind of pollenizer for it? (Or for any of the other trees?)
The information on the internet is so conflicting… some sources say that all three of the trees I bought are self fertile. One source said that the hollywood plum needs a pollinizer that is another japanese plum. Customer service at OGW said that the Summer Delight Aprium can pollinate the hollywood plum. I’ve never grown stone fruits before, so I am at a loss for what is true!
If you could let me know your thoughts about the summer delight aprium (and whether it either needs a pollinizer, or can act as a pollinizer for my hollywood plum) would be much appreciated.
Thank you!
From what I’ve read,all your selections are self-fertile.Also,the Aprium and Plum could help each other out,since there is probably Asian Plum in the Summer Delight,somewhere.bb
Thanks so much! Now I’m excited for my trees to get here. I almost switched the hollywood out for a stanley, just because the stanley is definitely self fertile, but now I feel more confident keeping the hollywood, with the added bonus of it (hopefully) helping the summer delight aprium be more fruitful.
This is one fruit I’m looking forward to trying the most. It seems like deer really love it to, it was one of the only trees that got nibbled harshly out of the ~35 I planted this year. Luckily it bounced back.
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@itheweatherman so could you tell us what is exactly time of the year Summer delight Aprium ripe? I saw your post in August. At least one month ahead of us here in Seattle. Hopefully it works out. (Not In raining months). I just ordered Summer delight and Leah cot Aprium. Thank you.
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It varies. If we get hot Summers it ripens in late-July and if we get mild Summers it ripens in late-August.
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Thank you Ulises.
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Just curious if folks got good production out of their summer delight aprium? I understand we represent many different climates.
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I do not expect very many, the heavy rain around here is negatively affecting pollination. Flavor Delight made it though, pollination happened between atmospheric rivers. They will need to be thinned soon. Ten year old Blenheim and Tilton trees are in bloom now, not nearly as many blossoms as last season. Time will tell as far as fruit production goes.
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I expect a good crop this year.
How about in general? Does it yield full crops most years?
Yes.
Update on my tree I posted in 2021.
Tree is 3rd leaf now and getting noticeably big. Cross my fingers for fruit next year.
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Amongst other random garden veggies, yesterday I picked my first three summer delight apriums!
This is the first year my summer delight aprium tree is bearing, so I am very happy. Especially since some earlier disease issues had me worried that I wouldn’t get any at all. BUT, there’s still probably 50 or so apriums on the tree, so hopefully I get to eat most of them!
These first 3 aren’t totally totally ripe yet, I’ll probably leave them on the counter for a day or two to get more soft, but I wanted to pick them yesterday before the storms knocked them off, or a squirrel got them, or they decided to spontaneously get moldy or rotten.
@itheweatherman or @fruitnut (or anyone else who has successfully ripened these): How do I know when they are perfectly ripe? Usually, with regular apricots, I wait until they are very soft before I like to eat them. Will these get as soft as a regular apricot? Will they stay more firm and crunchy? Is there a press-test or a lift-test or something similar to judge their ripeness? I’m having a hard time judging how long to leave the first 3 on the counter before eating them, and when to pick the rest on the tree.
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Good question. With most apricots they need to be as you like them, soft to be at their best. I’d pick them when they begin to soften on the tree. Then ripen more inside if necessary. I don’t remember how firm they are when I like them. It’s been a while since I ate any. It’s the flavor that I remember.
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I have apriums!
These are what I picked on Saturday morning. They were not perfect. There were random splotches, and some apriums were moldy and had to get thrown out. Many were not quite ripe yet, but it was due to rain all day, so I wanted to get what I could before it stormed again. There’s probably twice that many still on the tree. All things considered, I am very happy!
The cons:
- Earlier in the season, many of the fruit had rot, and fell off before I could harvest. There has been less rot over time though.
- They ripened much later than I had expected! I almost want to graft over one scaffold to earlier apricots or apriums, just so I don’t have to wait so long in the future!
The pros FAR outweigh the cons, though, I think.
The pros:
- I think the earlier rot was my fault. I am new to spraying and I had initially only dormant sprayed with neem + copper. Then in late May the apriums started showing rot. I sprayed 1x with Bonide Infuse after that, and 1x with the biofungicide Revitalize. I was afraid of spraying more because I was afraid of spraying too close to harvest. So, given the minimal amount of spray, and the probably awful timing of my sprays, I think I got more apriums than I probably should have?
- I hadn’t sprayed for bugs at all, but there were no bugs or worms inside (haha, I know they’ll probably show up next year),
- They taste AMAZING. To my taste, like the sweetest apricot, with just a hint of underlying zing, but a slightly crunchier texture than a regular apricot. Definitely the tastiest “apricot” I’ve ever eaten! Although, I’ve only eaten store bought apricots before, so maybe that affects my opinion.
So far, I’m happy with this tree! Fingers crossed I can get the timing of sprays down better next year so I can have an even bigger harvest!
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thanks for posting this. I remember your thread on spraying earlier this year. Glad to see you managed to get some fruits. It looks like spraying with revitalize during bloom would help control the disease.
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Nice harvest. I’m really looking forward to get a few of my own.
I have both the Summer and Flavor Delight apriums. FD was reported here not as tasty, but is stated by Dave Wilson to ripen 1.5 to 2 month earlier than SD. Quite a difference in ripening time!
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