
A modern apricot with pretty orange fruits and a rich sweet flavour.
Bergeval apricot identification images
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USDA identification images for Bergeval
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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Tree register
- France 1
France
- Richard Borrie in Objat,
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2022 season
- 12th March 2022 - tree owned by Richard in Objat, France
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Origins
- Species: Prunus armeniaca - Apricot
Identification
- Country of origin: France
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Orange / Red
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flesh colour: Golden / Yellow
- Fruit size: Large
Using
- Picking season: Early
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-3 days
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Food uses: Culinary
- Picking month: July
- Picking period: mid-July
Growing
- Gardening skill: Experienced
- Flowering group: 4
- Pollinating others: Average
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Precocity: Precocious
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Site conditions: Sheltered site
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Pruning: Do not prune
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Bergeval apricot trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Bergeval apricot trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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