Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) RARES

Very early, late flowering Romanian apricot. Valuable for excellent taste, marketable fruit quality and resistance to fungal and viral diseases. The variety enables ecological cultivation without chemical sprays.

Crossing: B 12/6 x NJA13, breeder Dr. Viorica Balan. Released in 2002.
Vigour: weak
Blossom: early, flowers may be endangered by late spring frosts
Fruit: medium-sized, weight 60 to 65 g, fruit shape oval to oblong, color orange with red coloring on most of the fruit surface
Pulp: light orange, with good consistency, freestone
Taste: excellent balanced dessert taste with intense aroma
Harvest season: very early, first decade of June
Yield: high, regular, very early yield onset
Disease resistance: resistant to Sharka (PPV = Plum Pox Virus), Monilia (Monilinia laxa), shotgun disease (Stigmina carpophila syn. Clasterosporium carpophilum) and leucostoma cancer (Cytospora cincta)
Usage: universal, for fresh consumption and for industrial processing. Suitable for organic cultivation in intensive production plantations.