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Pluots, apriums, apriplums, plumcots, plumpicots, or pluclots are some of the hybrids between different Prunus species that are also called interspecific plums. Whereas plumcots and apriplums are first-generation hybrids between a plum parent ( P. salicina [ 1 ] ) and an apricot ( P. armeniaca ), pluots and apriums are later-generations.
Prunus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs from the family Rosaceae, which includes 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 ...
While cherries stand out in a class of their own, it's hard to tell the difference between stone fruit varieties peaches, plums, apricots and nectarines. The post A Guide to the Most Popular Types ...
Also referred to by its flowers plum blossom [3] or flowering plum. Although referred to as a plum in English, is classified in the Armeniaca section of the genus Prunus making this an apricot . In East Asian cuisine ( Chinese , Japanese , Korean and Vietnamese cuisine ), the fruit, known as meizi ( 梅子 ), is used in juices, as a flavoring ...
Chris "Floyd" Zaiger (April 26, 1926 – June 2, 2020) was an American fruit breeder particularly known for hybrid development of stone fruit and numerous plant patents. . Zaiger founded Zaiger's Genetics, a fruit-breeding business in Modesto, California, which is now an international business selling cultivars and hybrid
Most of the fresh plums sold in North American supermarkets are Prunus salicina cultivars or hybrids. They are grown on a large scale in a number of other countries, for example, they dominate the stone fruit industry in Western Australia. [19] In France in 2020, Japanese plums production volumes are now higher than that of European plums. [20]
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The fruit of these plants are known as stone fruit , as each fruit contains a hard shell (the endocarp) called a stone or pit, which contains the single seed. The expanded definition of the Amygdaloideae adds to these commercially important crops such as apples and pears that have pome fruit, and also important ornamental plants such as Spiraea ...