What is a jefferson apricot?

Jefferson is not a variety of apricot, so perhaps it's slang for something else? See below for apricot varieties:



Apricot Varieties:



BLENHEIM A medium size, oval in shape, golden skin with red blush makes an attractive fruit for canning. It has a low chilling requirement. Sometimes homemakers can this variety with pit intact for extra flavor.



CHINESE An early bearing, heavy producing variety. Fruit is of good quality and medium in size with yellow to medium orange color. It is self-fruitful and will pollinize other apricot varieties. It is sometimes called "Sweet Pit" apricot.



GOLDCOT Selected by Michigan Experiment Station from thousands of field tests. Fruit is medium size or larger if thinned. Self-fruitful and consistently sets fruits heavily, requiring thinning. Fruit is nearly round, flesh medium orange and fine textured. Skin is moderately thick and tough. Suitable for fresh use, home processing and baby food processing.



HARGLOW Blooms 5 days later than other varieties. Harglow has a productive, self-fertile, compact, hardy tree and bud. Fruits are bright orange with no blush and very high quality. The tree and fruit are resistant to Bacterial Canker and Brown Rot. A very good dual-purpose variety for fresh or processing use.



PERFECTION One of the finest of the commercial apricot varieties. Flesh and skin are colored a bright yellow-orange. It bears moderately early and produces large fruit. It requires cross pollination and will not pollinize Goldrich.

RIVAL A vigorous and productive tree. Fruit is large, oval, with light orange skin and red blush. Flesh is bright orange color, firm, fine-textured with low acid and mild flavor. Rival requires cross pollination. Can be used as a pollinizer for Goldrich and Perfection



TILTON An excellent variety for drying and canning. Very productive. Fruit is medium to small in size. Fruit color is yellow with a red blush. It is self-fruitful and a good pollinizer for later blooming apricots.



WENATCHEE-MOORPARK Bears large size fruit. The fruit is a light yellow and is a good annual bearer. Good for drying and home canning. Self-fruitful, it is a good pollinizer for later blooming apricots.



GOLDSTRIKE (USPP#7035) See Picture. This variety is regular and productive bearer of large size, firm, orange flesh fruit. Goldstrike has excellent eating quality and can be shipped to distant markets and will pollinize Goldbar.



TOMCOT (USPP#7034) See Picture. Ripens about 16 days ahead of Wenatchee Moorpark. The skin color is light orange with traces of blush. The flesh is light orange and moderately juicy. Cross pollination suggested.



GOLDBAR (USPP#7045) Bears very large fruit of ex- cellent quality and flavor. Goldbar is well adapted to fresh markets due to its firmness, shelf life and dessert quality. The tree is very vigorous and requires cross pollination.

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