Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) CARMELA

Very early season Romanian apricot. Valuable for excellent taste and quality properties, late flowering as well as resistance to fungal and viral diseases. Suitable for organic or no-spray culture.

Crossing: Farmigdale x NJA20, breeder Dr. Ing. Viorica Balan. Released in 2002.
Vigour: moderate
Blossom: mid-early to late, partially self-fertile variety
Fruits: very large, weight 100 - 110 g, oval to elongated shape, shiny peel
Fruit colour: very attractive, orange with red blush on most of the fruit surface, unusually shiny, similar to nectarine
Pulp: orange, juicy with a good consistency, freestone
Taste: balanced dessert taste with an intense aroma
Harvest season: second decade of June
Yield: high, regular, on average 30 - 40 kg / tree. Very early onset to full yield.
Disease resistance: excellent. Resistance to Plum Pox Virus (PPV), brown rot of stone fruit (Monilinia laxa), shot hole disease also called Coryneum blight caused by (Stigmina carpophila syn. Clasterosporium carpophilum) and leucostoma canker (Leucostoma cincta syn. Cytospora cincta)
Usage: universal, for fresh consumption as well as for industrial processing. Suitable for commercial and orchard cultivation with integrated and organic cultivation methods.