Pluot
hybrid
Pluots, apriums, apriplums, plumcots, plumpicots, or plucots 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) and an apricot (P. armeniaca), pluots and apriums are later-generations. Both names "plumcot" and "apriplum" have been used for trees derived from a plum seed parent, and are therefore equivalent.
Plumcots and apriplums
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. The name plumcot was coined by Luther Burbank. The plumcot (apriplum) tree is propagated asexually, primarily by grafting or budding.
Pluots
Pluots (pronunciation: ) are later generations of complex hybrid between the Japanese plum, Prunus salicina (providing the greater amount of parentage), and the apricot, Prunus armeniaca. The fruit's exterior has smooth skin closely resembling that of a plum. Pluots were developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger.
Pluot varieties include:
Apriums
Floyd Zaiger created the aprium, a hybrid cross between apricots and plums but more similar to apricots.
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