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Flavor Delight Aprium® Tree

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Description

It’s 75% apricot and 25% plum! Enjoy the clean tang of an apricot boosted by the sweetness of a plum when you eat this fruit. Vigorous, upright trees produce bright-yellow, 2-inch apriums. Bears young. Fruit can be used like an apricot or a plum – for fresh-eating, cooking, canning, and even freezing. Developed in Modesto, California, introduced in 1989. Semi-freestone. Ripens in mid-July. Best pollinators: any apricot.

Characteristics

Bloom Color Pink
Bloom Time Early
Fruit Color Yellow
Fruit Size Medium
Hardiness Zone Range 6 - 9
Pollination Pollinator Required
Ripens/Harvest Mid July
Shade/Sun Full Sun
Soil Composition Loamy
Soil Moisture Well Drained
Soil pH Level 6.0 - 7.0
Taste Sweet
Texture Firm
Years to Bear 2 - 5

Zone Compatibility

This Variety's Zone Range 6 - 9
My Hardiness Zone ?
The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates. Each zone corresponds to the minimum winter temperatures experienced in a given area. Make sure that your hardiness zone lies within the zone compatibility range of this variety before ordering.

Pollination

This variety requires another one for adequate pollination.

Cross-pollination by a different variety is key to its growing and bearing success. Plant one of these varieties within 100' for best pollination.

Tools & Supplies

Having the proper tools and supplies when growing your own can make the difference between a good harvest and a great harvest! Here's a list that our experts recommend for this variety.

Planting & Care

Learn all about how to grow apricot trees in The Growing Guide. An entire section of our website dedicated to your growing success.

Read about how to grow apricot trees »

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12 Questions
Why did you choose this?
Stark Bro'sStore

I wanted to include an apricot tree in my back yard fruit orchard. This Flavor Delight Aprium tree will fit into my love of plums and apricot fruit and grows in my hardiness zone.

DEBORAH K

Needed an Apricot tree and this is the only one available. Also our plum tree seems happy, hoping since it is part plum this one will live longer.

ELIZABETH L

I have two apricot trees and I wanted one more so I would have three different varieties planted three feet apart to one another to get maximum pollination and yield.

PAULA H

I love Apricots & this combo of flavor is what I desire.

Ron O
you did not list pollinators for this variety -what is recommended ?
Michael P

Any apricot will do. The best are probably Moorpark (out of stock until next fall) and Stark Sweetheart, which has an edible seed that tastes like an almond.

LeAnn
How tall does this tree get?
Barbara L

Mine are three years old and about 6 ft high. I prune regularly and top the leader to get the tree to grow into a ladder. This year is the first year I expect the fruit to set. Buds are a plenty, days to a week away.

Keep the tree isolated from high winds. Lost one due to wind damage a few yrs ago. Planted on south side, sheltered from wind, about 6 ft high, 4 ft wide. Hopefully I'll send you some fruit this summer.

MARTIN W
what are the chill hours for the aprium?
Cliff R.

This tree requires at least 300 chill hours.

TiffanyF
What size is the Aprium full grown?
Robert S

When your tree matures, it will be approximately 15 - 20' tall x 15 - 20' wide.

TiffanyF
Will this tree pollinate with a plum tree?
Rossironi

No It requires another apricot for pollination.

TiffanyF
Will this tree pollinate with a plum tree?
Rossironi

No It requires another apricot for pollination.

TiffanyF
Will this tree pollinate with a plum tree?
Rossironi

No It requires another apricot for pollination.

TiffanyF
What cross of plum and apricot created the flavor delight?
KASANDRA D

Unfortunatley we do no thave that information as it was developed by Floyd Zaiger, world famous fruit tree hybridist,

TiffanyF
Will a prune plum be an adequate pollinator for aprium trees?
Susan E.

No, Fruits do not cross-pollinate outside of their own species. For example, stone fruits (peaches, plums, apples and apricots) do not pollinate one another.

TiffanyF
How tall will these get?
David b

With proper care, sun and rainfall, this tree should reach about 15' at maturity.

LeAnn
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Rated 5 out of 5
Apr 26, 2023
Flavor Delight Aprium
The Flavor Delight Aprium arrived looking healthy and survived the winter outdoors where I have it planted in a large container. It was the first tree to blossom and I was nervous because we had a few frosts after it bloomed. It happily cross pollinated with my Chinese Apricot which bloomed shortly after. Now several fruit are growing and I am excited to try them. Thank you for such a lovely tree!
Melissa s
Rated 5 out of 5
Dec 31, 2022
Looking forward to this flavorful fruit
So far this tree is super healthy...hoping I get fruit this spring , when I do IL send pictures
MARINA B
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 21, 2022
Highly recommended
Received two Flavor Delight today at 90F temperatir, thise trees are well packed and are in great condition A++++++
KAM C
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 24, 2019
It's alive!
Unlike the deluxe ez start sweetheart apricot and chojuro pear that both died and neither review was published- this one is alive and well!
Antonio R
Rated 5 out of 5
May 10, 2016
Flavor Delight Aprium on Calif. Central Coast
We ordered our Stark Bros. aprium after a bare-root tree from a local nursery failed to leaf out. The new tree was planted in the same hole and immediately put out a good set of initial leaves. Now, a year later (May, 2016), it has a fine set of healthy branches and is a handsome tree with much promise. No bloom this year, however. Our location, near the beach in Santa Barbara, CA, is not well suited to apricots -- a crop every 4 or 5 years -- but decent for plums. Hopefully the aprium will produce apricot-like fruit with plum productivity.
Carl K
Rated 5 out of 5
May 9, 2016
So far so good
It flowered the first spring and made proto fruit that fell off, I think after practicing this year, it might make big fruit next year. The deer love it and keep it trimmed 4' up but the tree isn't hurt and is growing like mad in my North Florida front yard.
Angelina G
Rated 2 out of 5
Jun 29, 2022
Zone 6 tree
It's a zone 6 tree. I got one crop in 12 years I'm in zone 5B. I wish they would have told me.
PAUL E
Rated 1 out of 5
May 18, 2017
Weak tree
The tree that arrived was a little thicker than a pencil and about 3 feet high. It died about 2 months after planting. I can't recommend because of my experience.
STEVE D

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