APRICOTS
References
1. The catalogue of Railton and Co., 271 Swanston St, Melbourne, about 1880. [Railton]
2. The catalogue of Chas J Goodman, Picnic Point, Bairnsdale. 1914.
They sold for 1/6 each or 12/- and 15/- per dozen.
The majority of apricots on the catalogue were on apricot seedling rootstocks, however some of the varieties were for sale on plum stocks, these being recommended for planting in wetter areas. [Goodmans1914] The catalogue used American spelling for words such as color (colour) and flavor (flavour) and this has been retained.
3. Fruit grown on the "Friedenstruh Orchard" by Mr. Thiele.
4. List of fruit trees grown in the Royal Horticultural Gardens, Richmond park, Burnley in 1896. [Burnley]
5. List of wax models kept at the Scienceworks Museum.
At the Scienceworks Museum, 2 Booker St Spotswood, The collection can be viewed on weekdays between 10 am and 4:30pm, by previous arrangement on 03 3924819 and ask for Liza Dale. Varieties of apricot that there is a wax replica of have [Sci] beside them.
6. NSW Department of Agriculture computer listing of stone fruit.
(GBHRS) Listed as having been growing at the Granite Belt Horticultural Research Station in Qld.
(Vic) Once having been held in the Victorian Dept. of Ag Research Stations.
7. [Grays] 1907 Catalogue of W G Gray, Nurseryman, Diamond Creek, Victoria.
Apricots were budded on to seedling apricots and sold for 1/- each, 10/- per dozen or 3 pounds per 100.
8. [Nobelius] 1931 catalogue of C A Nobelius & Sons, Gembrook Nurseries, Emerald. The catalogue listed apricots on seedling apricot stocks but also sold apricots on peach and plum stocks. Plum stocks were recommended for growers on wet land.
9. [Levien] Undated catalogue of Levien and Son Seedsmen and Nurserymen, 183-185 Elizabeth St Melbourne
10 [Frankston] Formerly grown at Frankston by the Dept of Agriculture.
Government Collections
<Bathurst> Formerly grown at Bathurst
<Loxton> Dept of Ag, S.A.
Frank Gathercole
Box 411
Loxton 5333
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List of apricots available commercially or with scion available. Listed on 28/8/95.
26 varieties.
AMERICAN <Bathurst>
BASHAM <Bathurst> <Loxton>
BARSHAM <T>
BEBECOU <Loxton>
BERGERON <Loxton>
BLENHEIM (SHIPLEY) Large, good flavor; very productive. [Goodmans1914] [Nobelius] <Bathurst> {Goodmans95}
SHIPLEY BLENHEIM [Levien]
BLENRIL (Frankston) (GBHRS) <Bathurst><T>
BOBBY ALAN <Bathurst>
BULIDA (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
BULIDO {Goodmans95}
CACAK 1V-137 <Bathurst> (Vic)
CACAK X1V-86 <Bathurst>
CAMDEN SUPERB <Bathurst>
CANADIAN SE 21-29 (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
CANADIAN SE 27-20 (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
CANADIAN SE 28-14 (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
CANADIAN SE 55-9 <Bathurst>
CASELIN (GBHRS) <Bathurst> {Goodmans95}
CASES EARLY <Bathurst>
CASTLEBRITE (GBHRS)<T> <Bathurst> {Goodmans95} [Frankston]
CASTLETON (GBHRS) <Bathurst> <Loxton>
CATTELL <Bathurst>
DIGGER <Bathurst>
DIVINITY (GBHRS) <Bathurst> {VT} [Frankston]
EARLIRIL (GBHRS) <Bathurst> (Frankston) <T>
EARLY DIVINITY (GBHRS) {Goodmans95}
EARLY MOORPARK Medium size, good flavor. Early. [Goodmans1914] An excellent early variety of medium size. Early. [Railton] [Grays] [Nobelius] [Burnley] (GBHRS) <Bathurst>[Levien]
EX BROCK <T>
GLENGARRY (GBHRS) <Bathurst> [Frankston] <2b>{VT} {Goodmans95}
GOLDCOT <Bathurst>
GOLDRICH <T> <Bathurst> [Frankston] {VT95} {Goodmans95}<a3>
HAGGITH (GBHRS)
HARCOT (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
HAROGEM <Bathurst> (Vic)
HASANBEY <Loxton>
HASANBEY SDLING
HEARNE'S EARLY <Bathurst>
HUNTER (GBHRS) <Bathurst> <T>{VT} {Goodmans95}<a3>
IRWIN (GBHRS) <Bathurst><T>
IVONE LIVERANI <Loxton>
KINGSTON ROYAL (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
MARI DE CENAD <Loxton>
MODESTO (GBHRS) (Vic)
MONO (GBHRS)
MOORPARK Well known, largely planted for canning. Medium. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley] [Nobelius] <2b>{VT} {Goodmans95} [Frankston] <Bathurst> (GBHRS)<a3>[Levien]
MOORPARK H.1 <Bathurst>
MOORPARK H.2 <Bathurst>
MOOR PARK [Grays]
MOROCCO (Frankston)<2b> (GBHRS) <Bathurst> <Loxton><T>
MUSEUM <Bathurst>
NEWCASTLE EARLY Very early apricot, long before Oullins; good cropper of medium sized fruit. Good color. [Goodmans1914] Medium size; rich golden yellow with a red cheek; a regular bearer, ripening before Oullins; requires to be heavily thinned. [Nobelius] {Goodmans95}
NEWCASTLE [Levien]{VT95} <Bathurst><a3>
OLD GOVERNMENT HOUSE <Bathurst>
OSWALD <Bathurst>
OULLINS EARLY [Sci] <2b>
OULLINS {Goodmans95}
OULLIN'S EARLY IMPROVED First-class variety; like Oullins Peach. [Goodmans1914] A very fine early apricot, said to be an improvement on "Oullin's Early Peach" apricot. [Grays]
PALESTEYN <Bathurst> (Vic)
PANNACH <Bathurst>
PARKE <Bathurst>
PARKIN APRICOT <Bathurst>
PEEKA (Frankston) <Bathurst>
PELLECHIELLA <Loxton>
PERFECTION This apricot could need a pollinator. (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
PHELPS (GBHRS) <Loxton>
PIET CILLIE (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
PINACH (Vic)
PIU SHA SIN <Loxton>
RELIABLE (GBHRS) <Loxton>
RILAND (Vic) <Bathurst>
RIVAL <Bathurst> (GBHRS) <Loxton><T> {Goodmans95}<a3>
ROUGE DE RIVERSALTES <Bathurst>
ROXBURG RED <Bathurst>
ROYAL Medium, roundish oval; strong grower, and most prolific; largely grown in America for drying. Medium. [Burnley] [Goodmans1914]
Medium size, very rich flavour. Medium. [Railton] One of the best for drying [Grays][Levien] [Nobelius] [Frankston] <Loxton>
RUSA (Frankston) (GBHRS)
RUSSA <Bathurst>
SELECTION 346 (GBHRS)
SKAHA (GBHRS) <Bathurst> <2?> (Frankston)
STEPHENS FAVOURITE (Pat.) <Bathurst>
STOREY {VT95} (GBHRS) <Loxton>
STOREYS MOORPARK {Goodmans95}
SUNDROP [Frankston]<T> (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
SUNGLO [Frankston]<T> (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
SUNGOLD <Bathurst>
TARDIF DE BOURDONEIL <Bathurst>
TILTON New kind from California; very large fruit, rich color; said to be a superior canning and drying variety. [Goodmans1914] Fruit very large, rich apricot colour, high flavour, uniform ripening, productive, with frost-resisting qualities and vigorous growth, which easily place it far in advance of other varieties; for drying and canning it is much superior to other sorts. [Nobelius] [Levien] [Frankston] {VT} {Goodmans95} (GBHRS) <Bathurst><a3>
TREVAT [Sci]
TREVATT Fruit large, heavy bearer, quality good for canning and drying; medium. [Nobelius] [Levien] (GBHRS) <Bathurst> [Frankston]<T><2b> {VT95} {Goodmans95} <a3>
TUMUT <T>
TUNISIAN G8 (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
TUNISIAN G54 <Bathurst>
VEECOT (GBHRS) <Bathurst> <Loxton>
VELVAGLO (GBHRS) <Loxton>
VICEROY (GBHRS) <Loxton>
WENACHEE [Frankston]<Bathurst>
Missing apricots that there is a record of having once been grown in south-eastern Australia. Listed on 28/8/95. 78 varieties.
ACME OF SHENSE Tree vigorous, very productive, fruit very large; yellow, with red cheek; good quality, freestone. Early. [Goodmans1914]
ALBERGE DE MOUNTGANET [Burnley]
ALENIS Hardy and prolific bearer; fruit yellow with red streaked cheek, delicious. Late. [Goodmans1914]
ALSACE Large, pale orange color. Medium. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley] [Sci][Levien]
ALLENS EARLY An early Apricot of good quality. Medium size. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley]
ANGOUMOI'S HATIVE Medium-sized; fruit of good quality. Medium. [Railton]
ANGOUMOIS HATIVE [Burnley]
ANGOUMOIS [Sci]
ASPASIA [Burnley] [Sci]
BEAUGE Medium size, splendid flavor, good bearer. Medium. [Goodmans1914] Large fruit, fine flavour; one of the best. Medium. [Railton] [Burnley] [Sci] Medium size; good bearer; early. [Levien]
BELLE DE TOULOUSE [Burnley] [Sci]
BLACK (Purple Apricot) [Burnley] [Sci]
BLENHEIM PETIT [Sci]
BREDA [Sci]
BUSH PEACH [Burnley] [Sci]
CAMPBELLFIELD SEEDLING Mediium size, orange color, good quality; tree hardy and very good bearer. Medium. [Goodmans1914] Medium size,; good quality, tree hardy and a good bearer. Medium. [Railton] Fine golden yellow, an excellent variety for jam-making, hardy and a good bearer; medium. [Nobelius] [Burnley][Levien]
CAMBELLFIELD [Sci]
CANINO GROSAO Large; good quality. Medium. [Railton]
CANINO GROSAE [Burnley]
COLE'S ORANGE [Sci]
DEARDON'S SEEDLING [Sci]
DOUBLE PINK [Burnley]
DUNDONALD Large, orange color, and rich. Late. [Goodmans1914]Large; fruti of a very rich flavour. Late. [Railton] [Burnley]
DUNDONALD (Colonial Seedling) [Burnley]
EARLY GOLDEN Small, sweet fruit, rich, yellow; very productive. Early. [Goodmans1914]
EARLY ORANGE Above medium size, and a good cropper. Early. [Goodmans1914]
EARLY TURKEY Medium size and first-class early variety. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley] [Sci]
ELRUGE [Burnley]
FROGMORE LATE PINE [Burnley] [Sci]
GOOLEY said to be the earliest of the large varieties; very large and of good flavor. [Goodmans1914][Levien]
HARRIS The fruit of the Harris is described as rich, golden yellow, large size and very fine quality; it is an early bearer, and immensely prolific. [Goodmans1914] Good quality; midseason. [Levien]
HATIVE D AUVERGNE Medium size, rich, good grower, fine bearer. Medium. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley] [Sci]
HERMSKIRKE Very large, bright orange, heavy beraer. Medium. [Goodmans1914] Large, fruit, resembling the Moor Park a fine variety. [Railton] [Grays] [Burnley] [Sci]
KAISHA Large, very richly flavored. Early. [Goodmans1914] [Grays] [Burnley] [Sci]
LA DELICIEUSE [Burnley]
LARGE EARLY A fine early apricot, of excellent flavour. [Grays] [Burnley] [Sci] [Levien]
LARGE RED (Gros Rouge) [Burnley] [Sci]
LUIZET Very large, rich fruit; a regular and heavy bearer. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley]
MANSFIELD SEEDLING Large, one of the best varieties. Medium. [Goodmans1914] Very large fruit, of excellent flavour (the tree is not a good bearer). Medium. [Railton] Very large, one of the finest grown; late. [Grays] Late. [Nobelius] Large, one of the best varieties, mid-season. [Levien] [Burnley] [Sci]
MONTGAMET Medium size, excellent fruit for preserves. Early. [Goodmans1914] A large and excellent variety. Medium. [Railton] Fruit medium size, juicy, agreeably acid; good for preserving; early. [Grays] [Burnley] [Sci]
MONTPLAISER [Burnley]
MRS. HART [Burnley]
MUSCH MUSCH [Burnley] [Sci]
NEW LARGE EARLY (Rivers) [Burnley]
NOONDAY An apricot sent from America. Said to be prolific and large. Of Russian origion. [Goodmans1914]
ORANGE (Coles) [Burnley]
ORANGE [Sci]
OULLIN'S EARLY PEACH (Syn Anson's Imperial) Large, delicious flavor, one of the best early kinds. [Goodmans1914] A very early variety, of medium size, (the tree is an abundant bearer) [Railton] [Nobelius] [Levien] [Burnley]
PAVIOT Very large, skin fine, orange-yellow, carmine on the sunny side; flesh fine, melting, sugary, agreeably perfumed. Late. [Goodmans1914]
PEACH Large, oval, juicy and sugary, with a somewhat musky flavor. Medium.[Goodmans1914] [Grays]
PENNANT HILL OVAL Large oval, sweet, and very prolific. [Goodmans1914]
[Burnley] [Sci]
PERFECTION (Frankston)
PIET CILLIE (Frankston)
PINE APPLE Fruit is large, roundish, and flattened, the skin thin and delicate, deep golden yellow; has a rich pineapple flavor. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley] [Sci]
PRECOCE DE OULLIN'S [Burnley]
PRECOCE DE WUNNIE [Burnley] [Sci]
PRECOCE VICTORIA [Burnley]
PROLIFIC [Burnley]
RED MUSCALINE [Burnley]
RIVERSIDE Raised at Riverside Nursery by H Wicks; large, good fruit, coming in before Moorpark. [Goodmans1914]
RIVERS' LARGE RED Large, very rich and juicy. Late. [Goodmans1914]
ROBINS IMPERIAL Fruit medium to large, of good quality; good late variety. Raised by A.B. Robin, Esq, Nuripoola, S.A.. [Goodmans1914]
ROMAN Medium size, pale yellow; very hardy, and suitable for cool districts. Medium. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley] [Sci]
ROUGE Small deep yellow, red on sunny side; early. [Grays]
ROYAL GEORGE Large, deep orange color; fair variety. Medium.
[Goodmans1914] Medium size, one of the best late varieties. Late.
[Railton] Large, deep orange; one of the finest for preserving; late. [Grays]
ROYAL ORANGE [Burnley]
RUSSIAN [Burnley] [Sci]
ST. AMBROSE Very large, rich and good; vigorous grower and heavy cropper. Medium. [Goodmans1914] [Sci]
SAINT AMBROSIA [Burnley]
SARDINIAN [Burnley]
SHIPLEY'S [Burnley] [Sci]
STEWART'S [Burnley]
SUCKER PARA [Burnley] [Sci]
SUNRISE A very large and early variety. [Goodmans1914] .
SYDNEY ORANGE [Burnley]
TARDIVE MUSQUE [Sci]
TURKEY A fine old variety; fruit medium size, nearly round; skin deep yellow in the shade, mottled with a brownish-orange in the sun; flesh pale yellow, firm, quite juicy, with a flavor in which there is an excellent mingling of sweet and acid; kernel nearly as sweet as that of an almond. Late. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley] [Sci]
TWYFORD SEEDLING [Burnley]
UHLAN EARLY. (Friedenstruh Orchard)
VIARD [Burnley] [Sci]
WANDIN SEEDLING [Sci]
WARRICK Medium size; resembles Moorpark. Late. [Goodmans1914] A Medium sized variety, of good quality. Medium. [Railton]
[Burnley] [Sci]
WILL'S EARLY [Burnley]
WOODS EARLY [Burnley]
Y.B.C. [Sci]
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Apricot ripening times for Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria, Australia
Jan * Feb
1...5...10...15...20...25...30.....5...10...15...20...25...30
--Newcastle--
----Rival----
--Goldrich---
--Travatt-----
-Moorpark-----
----Tilton---
----Hunter----
Ripening times for Shepparton area
Nov * Dec * Jan
25...30....5...10...15....20....25....30.....5...10...15...20...25
-Glengarry----
--Divinity----
-Castlebright-
------Rival-----
----Travatt------
----Moorpark----
---Hunter----
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Apricots are generally chip budded or T budded onto a variety of Prunus rootstocks and have been successfully grafted. Peach, apricot and in some cases myrobalan plum seedlings have been used, Marianna 2624 being most recommended (Hartmann and Kester).
Marianna and myrobalan rootstocks can be easily grown from cuttings. Best success with grafting has been obtained when an established rootstock (not transplanted that winter) is used. This is then transplanted, if necessary, the following winter.
Thanks to Frank Gathercole of Loxton, S.A., Sue Richards and Tania Kipping of Tatura, Vic for their assistance.
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Copyright 19/5/2001 14/08/08
References
1. The catalogue of Railton and Co., 271 Swanston St, Melbourne, about 1880. [Railton]
2. The catalogue of Chas J Goodman, Picnic Point, Bairnsdale. 1914.
They sold for 1/6 each or 12/- and 15/- per dozen.
The majority of apricots on the catalogue were on apricot seedling rootstocks, however some of the varieties were for sale on plum stocks, these being recommended for planting in wetter areas. [Goodmans1914] The catalogue used American spelling for words such as color (colour) and flavor (flavour) and this has been retained.
3. Fruit grown on the "Friedenstruh Orchard" by Mr. Thiele.
4. List of fruit trees grown in the Royal Horticultural Gardens, Richmond park, Burnley in 1896. [Burnley]
5. List of wax models kept at the Scienceworks Museum.
At the Scienceworks Museum, 2 Booker St Spotswood, The collection can be viewed on weekdays between 10 am and 4:30pm, by previous arrangement on 03 3924819 and ask for Liza Dale. Varieties of apricot that there is a wax replica of have [Sci] beside them.
6. NSW Department of Agriculture computer listing of stone fruit.
(GBHRS) Listed as having been growing at the Granite Belt Horticultural Research Station in Qld.
(Vic) Once having been held in the Victorian Dept. of Ag Research Stations.
7. [Grays] 1907 Catalogue of W G Gray, Nurseryman, Diamond Creek, Victoria.
Apricots were budded on to seedling apricots and sold for 1/- each, 10/- per dozen or 3 pounds per 100.
8. [Nobelius] 1931 catalogue of C A Nobelius & Sons, Gembrook Nurseries, Emerald. The catalogue listed apricots on seedling apricot stocks but also sold apricots on peach and plum stocks. Plum stocks were recommended for growers on wet land.
9. [Levien] Undated catalogue of Levien and Son Seedsmen and Nurserymen, 183-185 Elizabeth St Melbourne
10 [Frankston] Formerly grown at Frankston by the Dept of Agriculture.
Government Collections
<Bathurst> Formerly grown at Bathurst
<Loxton> Dept of Ag, S.A.
Frank Gathercole
Box 411
Loxton 5333
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List of apricots available commercially or with scion available. Listed on 28/8/95.
26 varieties.
AMERICAN <Bathurst>
BASHAM <Bathurst> <Loxton>
BARSHAM <T>
BEBECOU <Loxton>
BERGERON <Loxton>
BLENHEIM (SHIPLEY) Large, good flavor; very productive. [Goodmans1914] [Nobelius] <Bathurst> {Goodmans95}
SHIPLEY BLENHEIM [Levien]
BLENRIL (Frankston) (GBHRS) <Bathurst><T>
BOBBY ALAN <Bathurst>
BULIDA (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
BULIDO {Goodmans95}
CACAK 1V-137 <Bathurst> (Vic)
CACAK X1V-86 <Bathurst>
CAMDEN SUPERB <Bathurst>
CANADIAN SE 21-29 (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
CANADIAN SE 27-20 (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
CANADIAN SE 28-14 (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
CANADIAN SE 55-9 <Bathurst>
CASELIN (GBHRS) <Bathurst> {Goodmans95}
CASES EARLY <Bathurst>
CASTLEBRITE (GBHRS)<T> <Bathurst> {Goodmans95} [Frankston]
CASTLETON (GBHRS) <Bathurst> <Loxton>
CATTELL <Bathurst>
DIGGER <Bathurst>
DIVINITY (GBHRS) <Bathurst> {VT} [Frankston]
EARLIRIL (GBHRS) <Bathurst> (Frankston) <T>
EARLY DIVINITY (GBHRS) {Goodmans95}
EARLY MOORPARK Medium size, good flavor. Early. [Goodmans1914] An excellent early variety of medium size. Early. [Railton] [Grays] [Nobelius] [Burnley] (GBHRS) <Bathurst>[Levien]
EX BROCK <T>
GLENGARRY (GBHRS) <Bathurst> [Frankston] <2b>{VT} {Goodmans95}
GOLDCOT <Bathurst>
GOLDRICH <T> <Bathurst> [Frankston] {VT95} {Goodmans95}<a3>
HAGGITH (GBHRS)
HARCOT (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
HAROGEM <Bathurst> (Vic)
HASANBEY <Loxton>
HASANBEY SDLING
HEARNE'S EARLY <Bathurst>
HUNTER (GBHRS) <Bathurst> <T>{VT} {Goodmans95}<a3>
IRWIN (GBHRS) <Bathurst><T>
IVONE LIVERANI <Loxton>
KINGSTON ROYAL (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
MARI DE CENAD <Loxton>
MODESTO (GBHRS) (Vic)
MONO (GBHRS)
MOORPARK Well known, largely planted for canning. Medium. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley] [Nobelius] <2b>{VT} {Goodmans95} [Frankston] <Bathurst> (GBHRS)<a3>[Levien]
MOORPARK H.1 <Bathurst>
MOORPARK H.2 <Bathurst>
MOOR PARK [Grays]
MOROCCO (Frankston)<2b> (GBHRS) <Bathurst> <Loxton><T>
MUSEUM <Bathurst>
NEWCASTLE EARLY Very early apricot, long before Oullins; good cropper of medium sized fruit. Good color. [Goodmans1914] Medium size; rich golden yellow with a red cheek; a regular bearer, ripening before Oullins; requires to be heavily thinned. [Nobelius] {Goodmans95}
NEWCASTLE [Levien]{VT95} <Bathurst><a3>
OLD GOVERNMENT HOUSE <Bathurst>
OSWALD <Bathurst>
OULLINS EARLY [Sci] <2b>
OULLINS {Goodmans95}
OULLIN'S EARLY IMPROVED First-class variety; like Oullins Peach. [Goodmans1914] A very fine early apricot, said to be an improvement on "Oullin's Early Peach" apricot. [Grays]
PALESTEYN <Bathurst> (Vic)
PANNACH <Bathurst>
PARKE <Bathurst>
PARKIN APRICOT <Bathurst>
PEEKA (Frankston) <Bathurst>
PELLECHIELLA <Loxton>
PERFECTION This apricot could need a pollinator. (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
PHELPS (GBHRS) <Loxton>
PIET CILLIE (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
PINACH (Vic)
PIU SHA SIN <Loxton>
RELIABLE (GBHRS) <Loxton>
RILAND (Vic) <Bathurst>
RIVAL <Bathurst> (GBHRS) <Loxton><T> {Goodmans95}<a3>
ROUGE DE RIVERSALTES <Bathurst>
ROXBURG RED <Bathurst>
ROYAL Medium, roundish oval; strong grower, and most prolific; largely grown in America for drying. Medium. [Burnley] [Goodmans1914]
Medium size, very rich flavour. Medium. [Railton] One of the best for drying [Grays][Levien] [Nobelius] [Frankston] <Loxton>
RUSA (Frankston) (GBHRS)
RUSSA <Bathurst>
SELECTION 346 (GBHRS)
SKAHA (GBHRS) <Bathurst> <2?> (Frankston)
STEPHENS FAVOURITE (Pat.) <Bathurst>
STOREY {VT95} (GBHRS) <Loxton>
STOREYS MOORPARK {Goodmans95}
SUNDROP [Frankston]<T> (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
SUNGLO [Frankston]<T> (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
SUNGOLD <Bathurst>
TARDIF DE BOURDONEIL <Bathurst>
TILTON New kind from California; very large fruit, rich color; said to be a superior canning and drying variety. [Goodmans1914] Fruit very large, rich apricot colour, high flavour, uniform ripening, productive, with frost-resisting qualities and vigorous growth, which easily place it far in advance of other varieties; for drying and canning it is much superior to other sorts. [Nobelius] [Levien] [Frankston] {VT} {Goodmans95} (GBHRS) <Bathurst><a3>
TREVAT [Sci]
TREVATT Fruit large, heavy bearer, quality good for canning and drying; medium. [Nobelius] [Levien] (GBHRS) <Bathurst> [Frankston]<T><2b> {VT95} {Goodmans95} <a3>
TUMUT <T>
TUNISIAN G8 (GBHRS) <Bathurst>
TUNISIAN G54 <Bathurst>
VEECOT (GBHRS) <Bathurst> <Loxton>
VELVAGLO (GBHRS) <Loxton>
VICEROY (GBHRS) <Loxton>
WENACHEE [Frankston]<Bathurst>
Missing apricots that there is a record of having once been grown in south-eastern Australia. Listed on 28/8/95. 78 varieties.
ACME OF SHENSE Tree vigorous, very productive, fruit very large; yellow, with red cheek; good quality, freestone. Early. [Goodmans1914]
ALBERGE DE MOUNTGANET [Burnley]
ALENIS Hardy and prolific bearer; fruit yellow with red streaked cheek, delicious. Late. [Goodmans1914]
ALSACE Large, pale orange color. Medium. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley] [Sci][Levien]
ALLENS EARLY An early Apricot of good quality. Medium size. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley]
ANGOUMOI'S HATIVE Medium-sized; fruit of good quality. Medium. [Railton]
ANGOUMOIS HATIVE [Burnley]
ANGOUMOIS [Sci]
ASPASIA [Burnley] [Sci]
BEAUGE Medium size, splendid flavor, good bearer. Medium. [Goodmans1914] Large fruit, fine flavour; one of the best. Medium. [Railton] [Burnley] [Sci] Medium size; good bearer; early. [Levien]
BELLE DE TOULOUSE [Burnley] [Sci]
BLACK (Purple Apricot) [Burnley] [Sci]
BLENHEIM PETIT [Sci]
BREDA [Sci]
BUSH PEACH [Burnley] [Sci]
CAMPBELLFIELD SEEDLING Mediium size, orange color, good quality; tree hardy and very good bearer. Medium. [Goodmans1914] Medium size,; good quality, tree hardy and a good bearer. Medium. [Railton] Fine golden yellow, an excellent variety for jam-making, hardy and a good bearer; medium. [Nobelius] [Burnley][Levien]
CAMBELLFIELD [Sci]
CANINO GROSAO Large; good quality. Medium. [Railton]
CANINO GROSAE [Burnley]
COLE'S ORANGE [Sci]
DEARDON'S SEEDLING [Sci]
DOUBLE PINK [Burnley]
DUNDONALD Large, orange color, and rich. Late. [Goodmans1914]Large; fruti of a very rich flavour. Late. [Railton] [Burnley]
DUNDONALD (Colonial Seedling) [Burnley]
EARLY GOLDEN Small, sweet fruit, rich, yellow; very productive. Early. [Goodmans1914]
EARLY ORANGE Above medium size, and a good cropper. Early. [Goodmans1914]
EARLY TURKEY Medium size and first-class early variety. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley] [Sci]
ELRUGE [Burnley]
FROGMORE LATE PINE [Burnley] [Sci]
GOOLEY said to be the earliest of the large varieties; very large and of good flavor. [Goodmans1914][Levien]
HARRIS The fruit of the Harris is described as rich, golden yellow, large size and very fine quality; it is an early bearer, and immensely prolific. [Goodmans1914] Good quality; midseason. [Levien]
HATIVE D AUVERGNE Medium size, rich, good grower, fine bearer. Medium. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley] [Sci]
HERMSKIRKE Very large, bright orange, heavy beraer. Medium. [Goodmans1914] Large, fruit, resembling the Moor Park a fine variety. [Railton] [Grays] [Burnley] [Sci]
KAISHA Large, very richly flavored. Early. [Goodmans1914] [Grays] [Burnley] [Sci]
LA DELICIEUSE [Burnley]
LARGE EARLY A fine early apricot, of excellent flavour. [Grays] [Burnley] [Sci] [Levien]
LARGE RED (Gros Rouge) [Burnley] [Sci]
LUIZET Very large, rich fruit; a regular and heavy bearer. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley]
MANSFIELD SEEDLING Large, one of the best varieties. Medium. [Goodmans1914] Very large fruit, of excellent flavour (the tree is not a good bearer). Medium. [Railton] Very large, one of the finest grown; late. [Grays] Late. [Nobelius] Large, one of the best varieties, mid-season. [Levien] [Burnley] [Sci]
MONTGAMET Medium size, excellent fruit for preserves. Early. [Goodmans1914] A large and excellent variety. Medium. [Railton] Fruit medium size, juicy, agreeably acid; good for preserving; early. [Grays] [Burnley] [Sci]
MONTPLAISER [Burnley]
MRS. HART [Burnley]
MUSCH MUSCH [Burnley] [Sci]
NEW LARGE EARLY (Rivers) [Burnley]
NOONDAY An apricot sent from America. Said to be prolific and large. Of Russian origion. [Goodmans1914]
ORANGE (Coles) [Burnley]
ORANGE [Sci]
OULLIN'S EARLY PEACH (Syn Anson's Imperial) Large, delicious flavor, one of the best early kinds. [Goodmans1914] A very early variety, of medium size, (the tree is an abundant bearer) [Railton] [Nobelius] [Levien] [Burnley]
PAVIOT Very large, skin fine, orange-yellow, carmine on the sunny side; flesh fine, melting, sugary, agreeably perfumed. Late. [Goodmans1914]
PEACH Large, oval, juicy and sugary, with a somewhat musky flavor. Medium.[Goodmans1914] [Grays]
PENNANT HILL OVAL Large oval, sweet, and very prolific. [Goodmans1914]
[Burnley] [Sci]
PERFECTION (Frankston)
PIET CILLIE (Frankston)
PINE APPLE Fruit is large, roundish, and flattened, the skin thin and delicate, deep golden yellow; has a rich pineapple flavor. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley] [Sci]
PRECOCE DE OULLIN'S [Burnley]
PRECOCE DE WUNNIE [Burnley] [Sci]
PRECOCE VICTORIA [Burnley]
PROLIFIC [Burnley]
RED MUSCALINE [Burnley]
RIVERSIDE Raised at Riverside Nursery by H Wicks; large, good fruit, coming in before Moorpark. [Goodmans1914]
RIVERS' LARGE RED Large, very rich and juicy. Late. [Goodmans1914]
ROBINS IMPERIAL Fruit medium to large, of good quality; good late variety. Raised by A.B. Robin, Esq, Nuripoola, S.A.. [Goodmans1914]
ROMAN Medium size, pale yellow; very hardy, and suitable for cool districts. Medium. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley] [Sci]
ROUGE Small deep yellow, red on sunny side; early. [Grays]
ROYAL GEORGE Large, deep orange color; fair variety. Medium.
[Goodmans1914] Medium size, one of the best late varieties. Late.
[Railton] Large, deep orange; one of the finest for preserving; late. [Grays]
ROYAL ORANGE [Burnley]
RUSSIAN [Burnley] [Sci]
ST. AMBROSE Very large, rich and good; vigorous grower and heavy cropper. Medium. [Goodmans1914] [Sci]
SAINT AMBROSIA [Burnley]
SARDINIAN [Burnley]
SHIPLEY'S [Burnley] [Sci]
STEWART'S [Burnley]
SUCKER PARA [Burnley] [Sci]
SUNRISE A very large and early variety. [Goodmans1914] .
SYDNEY ORANGE [Burnley]
TARDIVE MUSQUE [Sci]
TURKEY A fine old variety; fruit medium size, nearly round; skin deep yellow in the shade, mottled with a brownish-orange in the sun; flesh pale yellow, firm, quite juicy, with a flavor in which there is an excellent mingling of sweet and acid; kernel nearly as sweet as that of an almond. Late. [Goodmans1914] [Burnley] [Sci]
TWYFORD SEEDLING [Burnley]
UHLAN EARLY. (Friedenstruh Orchard)
VIARD [Burnley] [Sci]
WANDIN SEEDLING [Sci]
WARRICK Medium size; resembles Moorpark. Late. [Goodmans1914] A Medium sized variety, of good quality. Medium. [Railton]
[Burnley] [Sci]
WILL'S EARLY [Burnley]
WOODS EARLY [Burnley]
Y.B.C. [Sci]
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Apricot ripening times for Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria, Australia
Jan * Feb
1...5...10...15...20...25...30.....5...10...15...20...25...30
--Newcastle--
----Rival----
--Goldrich---
--Travatt-----
-Moorpark-----
----Tilton---
----Hunter----
Ripening times for Shepparton area
Nov * Dec * Jan
25...30....5...10...15....20....25....30.....5...10...15...20...25
-Glengarry----
--Divinity----
-Castlebright-
------Rival-----
----Travatt------
----Moorpark----
---Hunter----
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Apricots are generally chip budded or T budded onto a variety of Prunus rootstocks and have been successfully grafted. Peach, apricot and in some cases myrobalan plum seedlings have been used, Marianna 2624 being most recommended (Hartmann and Kester).
Marianna and myrobalan rootstocks can be easily grown from cuttings. Best success with grafting has been obtained when an established rootstock (not transplanted that winter) is used. This is then transplanted, if necessary, the following winter.
Thanks to Frank Gathercole of Loxton, S.A., Sue Richards and Tania Kipping of Tatura, Vic for their assistance.
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