Tlor-Tsiran Apricot

In its first spring with us, it bore a single fruit, which squirrels stole. Now, in its second summer with us, we have 11 fruit from it, and have already eaten two. They are ripe just now, in August, months later than our apricots and later than all but a few of our plums. Tlor-Tsiran is very pretty and tasty. Apparently out early-blooming Chinese Apricot is a good pollinator for it.

I bought this in 2019 and by 2021 had about 7 good apricots on it. I am in a drier area in Southern Idaho. It is a fun alternative to the common varieties of apricot that can be found. Good flavor. It definitely needs at least yearly pruning to keep the suckers in check.

We bought our Black Apricot five years ago. She didn t put out a leaf for six months (i tried twice to ask for a refund, but something kept saying "She s just shy.") finally after a wild Morning Glory climbed up her stalk, she settled in and began to grow. Year after year, she kept growing slowly. Finally, this year, she bloomed for the first time - AND set fruit! All by herself!! there are two other Apricots coming along, so she will have company soon. The Reluctant Dryad has accepted her new life!

This is one of two trees that survived the arctic freeze of 14 that killed most of our orchard. It REALLY likes to grow straight up, water suckers everywhere, and needs aggressive pruning. In Colorado the late frosts often kill the buds too on all these early-blooming stone fruits, but the pink flowers are gorgeous. With patience we have been rewarded with delicious fruit a couple of years so far, and it is definitely my favorite of our apricot/plum varieties when it comes to flavor and texture.