Apriums are an “interspecific” hybrid stone fruit developed and trademarked by Modesto-based fruit-breeding company, Zaiger Genetics. A complex hybrid of plum and apricot, apriums boast rose-hued skin ...

In the last several years, designer crosses between plums and apricots have been progressively more popular. Later in the summer we will see the varieties variously called plumcots and pluots, which ...

The choice presents itself to you in the produce aisle like a word puzzle. There are pluots and plumcots and apriums, in shades of green and purple and orange that suggest either – or neither – plums ...

You still have to wait a bit for those classic apricots, the Blenheims, to come into season (think mid-June). In the meantime, if you're a some-is-better-than-none kind of person, you may happily ...

Q. What is the difference between plumcots, pluots, and apriums? Which varieties are the best? Luther Burbank, the famous plant breeder, crossed an apricot (Prunus armeniaca) with a Japanese plum ...

Botanically speaking, stone fruits are a type of drupe: thin-skin fruits with soft flesh around a hard stone or pit encasing their seeds. Mangoes and olives also fall under this classification, but we ...

Pit apriums, dice into medium dice, and reserve. Tie the spices into a bundle with cheesecloth. Caramelize the sugar in a heavy saucepan over medium heat. Add 1/2 of the fruit, raisins, apple pectin ...