Ag at Large: Pluots combine fruit features
Before the summer tree fruit season is gone for another year a few fortunate consumers might find the last vestige of California tree fruit production in a display of pluots in their produce department. They are sure to enjoy them, knowing only that each combines, as the name suggests, the best qualities of both plums and apricots. For growers, most of them in Central California, pluots help extend their harvesting and shipping season by doing what comes naturally for both. Apricots traditionally ripen in early summer, with plums reaching maturity in the fall, some varieties in late fall. Bre...
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