Tomcot is a modern apricot variety with large fruits, and a good choice for cooler / maritime climates.
Tomcot apricot identification images
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USDA identification images for Tomcot
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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United Kingdom
- Billy Auger in Hopton Wafers, SHROPSHIRE
Origins
- Species: Prunus armeniaca - Apricot
Identification
- Country of origin: United States
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Orange
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Popularity: Rarely grown
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
Using
- Picking season: Early
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-3 days
- Flavour quality: Good
- Flavour style (apples): Sweeter
- Cropping: Heavy
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Food uses: Culinary
- Food uses: Dual purpose
- Picking period: late July
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 2
- Pollinating others: Good
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Vigorous
- Precocity: Precocious
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Attractive features: Attractive flowers
- Attractive features: Attractive fruit
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Climate
- Chill requirement: Low-chill
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Hot (>30C / 86F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
- Die-back / Gummosis: Very susceptible
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Tomcot apricot trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Tomcot apricot trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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