Apricots Cultivars
& Pollination Guide
Compare apricot bloom groups, fertility and frost exposure before choosing cultivars and a planting site.
Apricot Fertility, Frost Risk & Hybrids
Apricots flower before peach, plum and cherry, so bloom overlap and spring frost decide most outcomes. Self-fertility varies by origin: many Mediterranean-type cultivars set alone, while several North American releases need a compatible partner flowering at the same time.
Moorpark, Blenheim and other older European-type apricots are recorded with no required partner. Growers still plant a second overlapping cultivar to spread harvest or to supply partner-dependent trees.
Goldrich, Perfection and Rival need a compatible partner. Some share an incompatibility group, as with Goldrich, Hargrand and Lambertin-1, so a partner must be both compatible and in flower at the same time.
Apricot is the earliest-blooming temperate fruit here and can fail in frost pockets regardless of fertility. Cold-air drainage matters more than cultivar choice, and chill estimates are provisional comparison figures.
Flavor Delight is a roughly 75% apricot, 25% plum aprium. It is treated in the apricot pool and is recorded self-fertile, though an overlapping apricot can improve set.
Curated Apricot Cultivar Guides (15)
Explore 15 curated pomological profiles and cross-pollination compatibility guides for apricot cultivars.
Moorpark Apricot
Apricot CultivarMoorpark apricot pollination guide: Group 3 bloom, reliable donor role, provisional chill estimate and frost-site planning. Partners and bloom overlap.
Blenheim (Royal) Apricot
Apricot CultivarBlenheim (Royal) apricot pollination guide: corrected Group 2 bloom, Tilton partner note, chill estimate and frost risk. Partners and bloom overlap.
Tilton Apricot
Apricot CultivarTilton apricot pollination guide: Group 3 donor, late harvest, 550-hour provisional chill estimate and site advice. Partners and bloom overlap.
Harcot Apricot
Apricot CultivarHarcot apricot pollination guide: Group 3 donor, early harvest, 750-hour provisional chill estimate and frost planning. Partners and bloom overlap.
Harlayne Apricot
Apricot CultivarHarlayne apricot pollination guide: corrected self-fertility, Group 4 late bloom, Plum Pox field resistance and orchard notes. Partners and bloom overlap.
Patterson Apricot
Apricot CultivarPatterson apricot pollination guide: self-fertile Group 3 California commercial cultivar with frost, thinning and site notes. Partners and bloom overlap.
Goldcot Apricot
Apricot CultivarGoldcot apricot pollination guide: self-fertile, cold-hardy Michigan release with Group 3 bloom and early harvest. Partners and bloom overlap.
Puget Gold Apricot
Apricot CultivarPuget Gold apricot pollination guide: self-fertile Washington release for cool, maritime springs with Group 3 bloom. Partners and bloom overlap.
Chinese (Mormon) Apricot
Apricot CultivarChinese (Mormon) apricot pollination guide: self-fertile Utah cultivar with late Group 4 bloom and frost-escape notes. Partners and bloom overlap.
Gold Kist Apricot
Apricot CultivarGold Kist apricot pollination guide: low-chill California cultivar, self-fertile with Group 2 early bloom and frost risk. Partners and bloom overlap.
Flavor Delight Aprium
Apricot CultivarFlavor Delight aprium pollination guide: interspecific apricot-plum hybrid, self-fertile with Group 2 bloom and companion notes. Partners and bloom overlap.
Goldrich Apricot
Apricot CultivarGoldrich apricot pollination guide: partner-required Group 3 cultivar, S1S2 Group A exclusions and 750-hour provisional chill estimate.
Perfection Apricot
Apricot CultivarPerfection apricot pollination guide: partner-required Group 3 cultivar, Goldbeck synonym, named partners and chill estimate. Partners and bloom overlap.
Rival Apricot
Apricot CultivarRival apricot pollination guide: strictly self-incompatible early apricot, Moorpark seedling, named partners and frost planning. Partners and bloom overlap.
Tomcot Apricot
Apricot CultivarTomcot apricot pollination guide: partner-recommended Group 2 cultivar with conditional partial set and Harglow bloom-overlap caution.
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