HARLAYNE apricot

🌳 Harlayne Apricot Tree
📌 Origin

• Created by Rutgers University, New Jersey (United States).

• A cross between the ‘Harogem’ and ‘Perfection’ varieties.

🍑 Fruit characteristics

• Size: Medium (approximately 45-60 g).

• Shape: Ovoid, regular.

• Skin: Orange with a slight red coloration in the sun.

• Flesh: Orange, firm, juicy, fragrant.

• Flavor: Sweet, slightly tart, very pleasant.

• Stone: Small, free (separates easily from the flesh).

📆 Fruit ripeness

• Harvest period: Late July to early August (late variety).

• Ideal for regions where spring frosts are frequent (thanks to late flowering).

🌸 Flowering

• Late, making it interesting for climates prone to spring frosts.

• Self-fertile, but fruiting is improved with the presence of other compatible pollinator varieties (e.g., Hargrand, Bergeron).

🌿 Tree

• Vigor: Medium to strong.

• Habit: Upright to semi-spreading.

• Fruit set: Relatively fast.

• Production: Good and regular, not prone to alternation.

🦠 Disease resistance

• Very good resistance to monilia (fruit and flower rot).

• Good tolerance to bacterial canker.

• Relatively hardy.

✅Advantages

• Late flowering = well suited to areas at risk of frost.

• Good disease resistance.

• Fruit with good taste.

• Suitable for both amateur and professional growers.

⚠️ Disadvantages

• May require thorough thinning to improve fruit size.

• Requires slightly more summer heat to ripen properly than other earlier varieties.

🌍 Cultivation and advice

• Exposure: Full sun.

• Soil: Well-drained, not too chalky.

• Care: Light pruning at the end of winter to aerate the center of the tree and promote fruiting.

• Watering: Regular during prolonged dry periods.