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| Does this tree looks like a peach x apricot hybrid, or like a new apricot sport? The tree is 8 months old, five feet tall, and it already has flower buds. About 6 years ago, the same mother apricot tree produced a seedling which appeared to be half peach. The leaves were oval-eliptical, they had the resemblance of that of a peach, and they were 7 inches long by two inches wide. Sadly, the tree died four months later. |
This post was edited by Itheweatherman on Sun, Nov 30, 14 at 16:45
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Sun, Nov 30, 14 at 16:21
| Here is one more pic |
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Sun, Nov 30, 14 at 16:26
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Sun, Nov 30, 14 at 16:28
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Sun, Nov 30, 14 at 16:32
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| I don't know but being in such a small pot is not very good for the tree that is for sure. It looks terrible! |
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- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Tue, Dec 2, 14 at 8:55
| What I don't understand is all the serration on the leaves - neither peaches nor cots have that. I would guess plum cross from those, and the elongated tip has something to do with how the plum genes affect the tip on apricot leaves (they have a little concave tip on them, unlike plum/peach). Scott |
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Sat, Dec 6, 14 at 4:28
| Drew, I will repot it this year. Scot, If this turns out to be a plum x apricot cross, my best guess is that it got pollinated by my mariposa plum since they are only 25 feet apart. |
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- Posted by fabaceae_native (My Page) on Sat, Dec 6, 14 at 10:51
| Definitely looks like a hybrid, but that's about as much as I would venture to say... |
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Thu, Dec 11, 14 at 16:32
| Scot is right, it definitely looks like a plum x apricot hybrid; I have three mariposa plum seedlings, and just like my hybrid, they have an enlogated tip. Based on these observations, I conclude that my apricot hybrid pollen parent is my mariposa plum. |
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