Puget Gold is an excellent choice for your location in view of your climatic zone and rainfall situation. Any one of the Harrow series apricots--Harcot, Harogem, Harval, Hargrand, Harglow, and Harlayne, in order of ripening--would be good also since they are from Ontario province, but I would go for the last three as my choices. Cummins Nursery in Geneva, NY sells them but they are out; however, Raintree Nursery in Morton WA sells Harglow. Jerseycot (I am grafting some trees for NAFEX members this spring) and Tomcot (Raintree has it) would be good choices for early-ripening apricots; Puget Gold, Harglow, and especially Harlayne ripen a month later than they do. I've eaten all these except Harogem and Harval, and they all rank high in the flavor department!
The NY Cooperative Extension Service has published a very good bulletin on growing apricots, which I have, and if you like I could send you a copy of it. Cost for copying and mailing would be $2, and of course I would need your name & address.
Bob Purvis
MN Ag Statistics Service
651-296-3173
Ginda Fisher <ginda@concentric.net>
02/21/2002 09:26 PM
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To: rpurvis@nass.usda.gov
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Subject: NAFEX - apricots
Hi, I'm interested in trying to grow apricots in Massachusetts. I've
ordered a Puget Gold on a full size stock and am also looking at the
miniature apricot sold by Stark Nurseries.
Any comments, advice, suggestions, etc. would be appreciated.