Aprimira is a sweet mirabelle or mirabelle-plum hybrid.
Aprimira apricot identification images
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USDA identification images for Aprimira
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Origins
- Species: Prunus insititia - Damson, Mirabelle, Bullace
- Parentage: Seedling of Mirabelle von Herrenhausen
- Introduced: 1994
- Developed by: Geisenheim research station
Identification
- Country of origin: Germany
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Yellow
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Orange
- Fruit colour: Yellow / Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flowering duration: Long
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
- Fruit size: Large
- Fruit shape: Oval
Using
- Picking season: Mid
- Keeping (of fruit): 1 week
- Flavour quality: Good
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Ripens over a period
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Food uses: Culinary
- Food uses: Dual purpose
- Picking month: August
- Picking period: mid-August
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 2
- Pollinating others: Good
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Precocity: Precocious
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
- Climate - UK region: Southern England, Midlands, Eastern England
- Climate - UK region: Northern England, East Scotland, North-East Scotland
Other qualities
- Plum pox virus / Sharka: Some resistance
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Aprimira apricot trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Aprimira apricot trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.