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  2. Apricot - Wikipedia

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    Apricot cultivars are usually grafted onto plum or peach rootstocks. The cultivar scion provides the fruit characteristics, such as flavor and size, but the rootstock provides the growth characteristics of the plant. Some of the more popular US apricot cultivars are 'Blenheim', 'Wenatchee Moorpark', 'Tilton', and 'Perfection'.

  3. Prunus armeniaca - Wikipedia

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    Prunus armeniaca is a small tree, 8–12 m (26–39 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 40 cm (16 in) in diameter and a dense, spreading canopy. The leaves are ovate, 5–9 cm (2.0–3.5 in) long and 4–8 cm (1.6–3.1 in) wide, with a rounded base, a pointed tip and a finely serrated margin.

  4. Prunus - Wikipedia

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    Prunus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs from the family Rosaceae, which includesk plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively stonefruit).The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, [4] being native to the temperate regions of North America, the neotropics of South America, and temperate and tropical regions of Eurasia and Africa, [5] There are about 340 ...

  5. Apricot kernel - Wikipedia

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    An apricot kernel is the apricot seed located within the fruit endocarp, which forms a hard shell around the seed called the pyrena (stone or pit). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The kernel contains amygdalin , a poisonous compound, in concentrations that vary between cultivars.

  6. Prunus mandshurica - Wikipedia

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    Prunus mandshurica, also called Manchurian apricot and scout apricot, [citation needed] is a tree in the genus Prunus. It was first described by Karl Maximovich in 1883 as a variety of the Siberian apricot (Tibetan apricot) Prunus armeniaca. [3] It is resistant to cold and is native to northeast China, Korea, and Manchuria.

  7. Category:Apricots - Wikipedia

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  8. Pluot - Wikipedia

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    Apriums are complex plum-apricot hybrids that show primarily apricot traits and flavor. [2] Apriums resemble apricots on the outside. The flesh is usually dense and notable for its sweet taste due to a high content of fructose and other sugars. [ 7 ]

  9. Prunus subg. Prunus - Wikipedia

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    Prunus subg.Prunus is a subgenus of Prunus.This subgenus includes plums, apricots and bush cherries.Some species conventionally included in Prunus subg.Amygdalus are clustered with plum/apricot species according to molecular phylogenetic studies.