Apricot in Moscow and the Moscow region

Countess . High, up to 6 m, very vigorous tree. The fruits are round or oval, weight 25-30 g Peel hairy cream or yellowish color, with a blush. Flesh is bright orange, gristly, juicy, tasty. Stone is well separated. Fruit ripening in mid-August. In wet years klyasterosporiozom significantly damaged and suffers kamedetecheniem.

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Lel . A tree with a compact crown and restrained the growth of up to 3 m The fruit is medium sized, weighing 15-20 g, beautiful, golden-orange, rarely with a weak flush. Pubescence is very small, so the fruit brilliant. Fruit shape is round-oval, slightly compressed laterally. Sour-sweet taste, balanced, very pleasant, well-separated bone. Fruit ripening in early August.

The monastery . Powerful vigorous tree up to 5 m with a wide-spreading crown. Extraordinarily fruitful. The fruit weight of 25-30 g, oval, hairy, yellow with a red blush, flesh a little mealy. Stone is well separated. The fruits ripen in mid to late August.

Favourite . Medium-sized tree, up to 3 m, the growth is moderate. The fruits are large, slightly irregular shape, weight to 30 g fruits are very beautiful yellow-orange with a large intense blush pubescence is small, so the fruit brilliant. The fruits are very tasty and meaty, as small bone. Bone is separated perfectly. The fruits ripen in mid to late August.

Royal . Medium-sized tree, up to 3 m tall. Flowers compared to other varieties largest – and 4 cm in diameter. The fruit weight of 20-25 g, oval, beautiful yellow with a blush. Extremely tasty, very juicy, with a strong aroma. Bone departs not quite clean. Fruit ripening in early August.

In addition to these varieties also highlighted several trees with fruits of good quality, weight 15-30 g as contenders in the class.

Alyosha . Vigorous tree with a spreading crown height of 4 m. The flowers are large. The fruit weighing 15-20 g round, bright yellow with a blush, delicious, pubescence is small, so the fruits of brilliant. Flesh gristly, bone is separated perfectly. The earliest ripening: late July – early August.

Iceberg . Tree up to 3 m with a spreading crown. With abundant flowering fruit tied a little bit. The fruit weight of 20-25 g, round, hairy, yellow-orange with a slight blush, tasty, tender, juicy. Stone is well separated. Fruit ripening in late July – early August.

Aquarius. Seedling varieties of Lel obtained by free pollination. Vigorous tree (4-5m) with a powerful intensive growth. Very fruitful. Fruits are round with a pronounced seam, weight 25-30 g fruit is not as brilliant as that sort Lel, yellow with hardly exude blush. Sour-sweet taste, harmonious. Bone is separated perfectly. The fruits ripen in the 2nd week of August, a long time is not stored.

Guiana. Tall tree up to 6-7 m fruit weighing 15-20 g, beautiful, maloopushennye, shiny, orange with bright pink blush. The fruits are delicious, juicy. Stone is well separated, the core of sweet bone. Productivity is high, ripening in the second half of August.

Edelweiss. Medium-sized tree up to 3 m fruit weighing 20-25 g downy, yellow, sometimes with a blush, with a beautiful nose, pronounced seam. The flesh is not too juicy, thick, gristly, taste wonderful. The fruits are well kept. Stone is well separated. Yields average. Fruit ripening in mid-August.

Pacer. Medium-sized tree up to 3 m fruit weighing 20-25 g, oval, maloopushennye, with a very beautiful watercolor blush, the seam is more pronounced. The flesh is firm, the taste is great. Bone elongated, separated very well. Yields average. Fruit ripening in mid-August.

Novospasskiy. Large tree up to 5 m tall. The fruits are small 15-20 g, beautiful with a large dark pink blush. The flesh is firm, tasty, bone is very small, well-separated. Productivity is high. Fruit ripening in mid – late August

Borrowed from http://sadisibiri.ru/abrikos-podmosk.html