Pluot

Natural plumcots (also called apriplums) have been known for hundreds of years from regions of the world that grow both plums and apricots from seed.Okie, W.R. 2005. Spring satin plumcot. Journal of American Pomological Society. 59(3):119-124.[http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=186897 abstract] The name plumcot was coined by Luther Burbank.{{cite book|year=1914 |title= Luther Burbank: his methods and discoveries and their practical application |chapter= Chapter 7: How far can plant improvement go? The crossroads — where fact and theory seem to part |publisher=Luther Burbank Press|editor1=J. Whitson |editor2=R. John |editor3=H.S. Williams |pages= 211–244|volume=1}} The plumcot (apriplum) tree is propagated asexually, primarily by grafting or budding.

Pluots {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|l|uː|ɒ|t}} are later generations of complex hybrid between the Japanese plum, Prunus salicina (providing the greater amount of parentage), and the apricot, Prunus armeniaca.{{cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/pluot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122044029/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/pluot|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 22, 2019|title=Pluot|date=1 January 2019|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=20 January 2019}}{{cite book | last = Ingels| first= Chuck |display-authors=etal | title=The Home Orchard: Growing Your Own Deciduous Fruit and Nut Trees | page=33 | year=2007 | publisher=University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources}} The fruit's exterior has smooth skin closely resembling that of a plum. Pluots were developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger.{{cite web| url = http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=186897| title = Okie, W.R. 2005. Spring satin plumcot. Journal of American Pomological Society. 59(3):119-124.}}

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Floyd Zaiger created the aprium, a hybrid cross between apricots and plums but more similar to apricots.{{Cite web|last=Garcia|first=Janis|date=2018-05-25|title=What are apriums and how do you eat them?|url=https://www.dailyharvestexpress.com/what-are-apriums-how-to-eat/|access-date=2020-09-26|website=Daily Harvest Express|language=en-US|quote=Who is the mad genius who originally bred the aprium? Floyd Zaiger from Modesto California.}} Apriums are complex plum-apricot hybrids that show primarily apricot traits and flavor. 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. Apriums are usually only available early in the fruit season, like apricots and unlike pluots, which include some very late-ripening varieties. Aprium trees grow quickly and are smaller compared to other common home-grown apricots. The fruit is gold, with red coloration. Semi-mature fruit is hard and does not ripen if picked before completely mature.{{Cn|date=February 2021}}

• Nectaplum
• Peacotum
• Prunus brigantina, an apricot species with smooth-skinned fruit
• Prunus dasycarpa, an apricot hybrid known as "black apricot" or "purple apricot"

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