Plumcot
The plumcot is a hybrid fruit. A plumcot is part plum and part apricot.[1] There are many different types of plumcot. Some of them are about half plum and half apricot, while others are mostly plum. One well-known type of plumcot is called the pluot, which is a trademarked[2] name for plumcots that were developed in the 1980s by Floyd Zaiger.[3] The first plumcots were bred in the late 1800s by Luther Burbank.
Plumcot Media
A pluot varietal, "raspberry jewel", before (top) and after cutting
Ripe Rose apriums, purchased from Trader Joe's in August 2013, on a wooden cutting board
References
- ↑ Plumcots (AKA Pluots®). familytreefarms.com. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ↑ Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS): Pluot. uspto.govUnited States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved 2 August 2016.[dead link]
- ↑ Brantley, Chip. Plu-What? What's the difference between pluots and plumcots?. slate.com (19 August 2009). Retrieved 2 August 2016.