A traditional French apricot variety, grown in the Languedoc-Roussillon area.
Helena du Roussillon apricot identification images
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USDA identification images for Helena du Roussillon
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 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: Average
Using
- Cling-stone: Freestone
- Picking season: Late
- Keeping (of fruit): 1 week
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Food uses: Culinary
- Food uses: Drying
- Picking month: August
- Picking period: early August
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 4
- Pollinating others: Good
- Vigour: Vigorous
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Site conditions: Sheltered site
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Pruning: Do not prune
Climate
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Cold-hardiness: Cold-hardy
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Hot (>30C / 86F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Good
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Helena du Roussillon apricot trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Helena du Roussillon apricot trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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