Pluot
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A pluot (plü-ot) is a tradename for a fruit developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger.[1] In the United States, the fruit is known by most regulatory agencies as an interspecific plum[2]. It is a complex cross hybrid of plum and apricot, being ¾ plum and ¼ apricot in percentage. The pluot, like the aprium, is derived from the half-plum–half-apricot hybrid called the plumcot.
The fruit's exterior with smooth skin closely resembles a plum's. Pluots are noted for their sweetness (due to a very high sugar content) and for their intense flavor. They are also very, very juicy. Pluots are also rich in vitamin A.
"Pluot" is a registered trademark of Zaiger's Genetics.
[edit] Varieties
Pluot varieties include:
- Flavorosa: very sweet , medium-sized, flat round dark-purple fruit with red flesh. Available end of May through first weeks of June.
- Flavor Royal: very sweet, medium-sized, dark purple with crimson flesh. Available end of May through first weeks of June.
- Crimson Sweet: Sweet flavor, medium-sized, Crimson skin with pinkish flesh. Available in June.
- Flavor Delight: Great flavor, medium-sized, fuchia-honey colored skin with pink flesh. Available in June.
- Tropical Plumana: Tropical punch flavor, medium-sized, red over greenish yellow background with yellow flesh. Available middle of June.
- Early Dapple: Good flavor, medium-sized, mottled green over red skin with pink flesh. Available mid June.
- Flavor Jewel: Sweet flavor, heart shaped, red over yellow skin with yellow flesh.
- Sweet Treat: Super sweet with hints of thompson grape flavor, green golden skin with yellow juicy flesh. Available end of June and first of July.
- Flavor Grenade: Wonderful flavor, large size, oblong shape with red blush on green background, yellow juicy flesh. Available the end of July through August.
- Flavor Queen: Medium size, sweet flavor, light-green to yellow skin, yellow juicy flesh. Available the end of July first of August.
- Dapple Dandy: Large size with mottled pale green to yellow, red-spotted skin, red or pink juicy flesh. Available through August.
- Flavor King: Amazing fruit punch flavor, medium size, with burgundy skin and red super sweet juicy flesh. Available end of August first of September
- Flavor Fall: Large size, average flavor, Red skin with yellow flesh. Available the end of September and the first of October
California pluots are sold during the summer and fall.
