Editing Pluot

{{Short description|Hybrid fruit}}
[[File:Raspberry jewel pluot.jpg|thumb|right|A pluot [[variety (botany)|varietal]], "raspberry jewel", before (top) and after cutting]]

'''Pluots''', '''apriums''', '''apriplums''', '''plumcots''', '''plumpicots''', or '''pluclots''' are some of the [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrids]] between different ''[[Prunus]]'' species that are also called interspecific plums. Whereas plumcots and apriplums are first-generation hybrids between a [[plum]] parent (''[[Prunus salicina|P. salicina]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zaiger Interspecifics|url=https://www.davewilson.com/product-information-general/zaiger-interspecifics|access-date=2021-02-20|website=Dave Wilson Nursery}}</ref>) and an [[apricot]] (''P. armeniaca''), pluots and apriums are later-generations.<ref name=Brantley>{{cite book|title=The perfect fruit: good breeding, bad seeds, and the hunt for the elusive pluot (snippet view)|author=Chip Brantley|year=2009|publisher=Bloomsbury, USA|location=New York|isbn=9781608191994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v-9Dqz6xYlkC}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Plu-What? What's the difference between pluots and plumcots|first=Chip|last=Brantley|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2225665/|magazine=Slate|date=2009-08-19}}</ref> Both names "plumcot" and "apriplum" have been used for trees derived from a plum seed parent, and are therefore equivalent.

==Plumcots and apriplums==
Natural plumcots (also called apriplums) have been known for hundreds of years from regions of the world that grow both plums and apricots from seed.<ref>Okie, W.R. 2005. Spring satin plumcot. Journal of American Pomological Society. 59(3):119-124.[http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=186897 abstract]</ref> The name ''plumcot'' was coined by [[Luther Burbank]].<ref>{{cite book|year=1914 |title= Luther Burbank: his methods and discoveries and their practical application |chapter= Chapter 7: How far can plant improvement go? The crossroads — where fact and theory seem to part |publisher=Luther Burbank Press|editor1=J. Whitson |editor2=R. John |editor3=H.S. Williams |pages= 211–244|volume=1}}</ref> The plumcot (apriplum) tree is propagated asexually, primarily by [[grafting]] or [[grafting#Bud|budding]].

==Pluots==
Pluots {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|l|uː|ɒ|t}} are later generations of complex hybrid between the [[Prunus salicina|Japanese plum]], ''Prunus salicina'' (providing the greater amount of parentage), and the [[apricot]], ''Prunus armeniaca''.<ref name="OED">{{cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/pluot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122044029/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/pluot|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 22, 2019|title=Pluot|date=1 January 2019|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="ingels">{{cite book | last = Ingels| first= Chuck |display-authors=etal | title=The Home Orchard: Growing Your Own Deciduous Fruit and Nut Trees | page=33 | year=2007 | publisher=University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources}}</ref> The fruit's exterior has smooth skin closely resembling that of a plum. Pluots were developed in the late 20th century by [[Floyd Zaiger]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=186897| title = Okie, W.R. 2005. Spring satin plumcot. ''Journal of American Pomological Society''. 59(3):119-124.}}</ref>

==Apriums==
[[File:Apriums on a cutting board 02.jpg|thumb|Rose apriums]]

[[Floyd Zaiger]] created the aprium, a hybrid cross between apricots and plums but more similar to apricots.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Garcia|first=Janis|date=2018-05-25|title=What are apriums and how do you eat them?|url=https://www.dailyharvestexpress.com/what-are-apriums-how-to-eat/|access-date=2020-09-26|website=Daily Harvest Express|language=en-US|quote=Who is the mad genius who originally bred the aprium? Floyd Zaiger from Modesto California.}}</ref> Apriums are complex plum-apricot hybrids that show primarily apricot traits and flavor.<ref name=Brantley/> Apriums resemble apricots on the outside. The flesh is usually dense and notable for its sweet taste due to a high content of fructose and other sugars.<ref name="ingels"/> Apriums are usually only available early in the fruit season, like apricots and unlike pluots, which include some very late-ripening varieties. Aprium trees grow quickly and are smaller compared to other common home-grown apricots. The fruit is gold, with red coloration. Semi-mature fruit is hard and does not ripen if picked before completely mature.{{Cn|date=February 2021}}

== See also ==
* [[Nectaplum]]
* [[Peacotum]]
* ''[[Prunus brigantina]]'', an apricot species with smooth-skinned fruit
* ''[[Prunus dasycarpa]]'', an apricot hybrid known as "black apricot" or "purple apricot"

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Prunus pluot|apriums}}
* {{Wiktionary inline|plumcot}}
* {{Wiktionary inline|pluot}}
* {{Wiktionary inline|aprium}}

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