Manchurian Bush Apricot - Native Fruits - Small Fruit and Berries

Product Details

Zones: 3 - 9 (-30° F.)
Height: 10-12 feet
Spacing: 10-12 feet
Spread: 10 feet
Sun/Shade: Full Sun
Pollinator: 2 trees
Yield: 1/2 - 2 bushels
Color: White
Foliage: Medium green
Blooms: April - May
Fruit: Small, plumb, golden yellow fruit

Comments: Rootstock: Gurneys-Prunus armeniaca, Field's persica or Prunus armeniaca. Sweet, juicy, freestone flesh. Tolerates heat and cold. Blooms before it leafs out. Very vigorous, thrives almost anywhere. Bears young and heavily. Self-fruitful but produces better in a group of 2 or 3. Fertilize after the tree has reached bearing age. Not grafted, it is a seedling. SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: PREPARE AN AREA 36 INCHES IN DIAMETER CLEARING ALL SOD AND WEEDS.WORK THE SOIL 24 INCHES DEEP.DIG THE PLANTING HOLE RIGHT BEFORE PLANTING.DEEP ENOUGH AND WIDE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE THE ROOTS W/O CROWDING.PLANT BAREROOT TREES 1 INCH DEEPER THAN THEY WERE GROWN IN THE NURSERY. PLANT GRAFTED TREES W/ THE GRAFT UNION 1 INCH ABOVE THE SOIL--2-3 INCHES IS BETTER.NEVER LET THE ROOTS DRY OUT.SOAK THE ROOTS NO MORE THAN 24 HR.S PRIOR TO PLANTING.FILL HOLE WITH SOIL & FIRM AROUND THE ROOTS WATER WELL TO REMOVE ANY AIR POCKETS.FILL IN THE REST OF THE HOLE W/ SOIL & WATER AGAIN.ONLY MIX A SLOW RELEASE FERTILIZER FORMULA INTO THE PLANTING HOLE.BEST TO PRUNE IN EARLY SPRING.
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- Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Fruit
Reviewed By: Cindy (Menominee, MI)
I purchased a home in 2004. There were small Manchurian Apricot shrubs there. They are now about 8-10 feet high. I always loved the blossoms and never seen any fruit. I went and looked at them last night for the first time this year and they are LOADED with fruit! I have 10 of them and will have apricots coming out of my ears this year. This is the first year they have had fruit.

- Monday, July 20, 2009
Manchurian bush apricot
Reviewed By: Laurie (Minneapolis, MN)
Mine are over 10 years old now, and three of them bear heavily. The individual plants seem to be quite variable - two trees give tasty 2" fruit, while a third has inedible marbles. The 4th tree has never set fruit. (I have another variety nearby for pollination, but that fruit is also mostly inedible.) On the plus side, they can stand the cold Minnesota winters and if we get even a day of warm weather during flowering, they'll set a LOT of fruit. We are having a severe drought this year, and it hasn't fazed them at all.

- Tuesday, March 17, 2009
NEEDS POLLINATOR
Reviewed By: Chris (Elk Mound, Wisconsin)
I have had my bushes for only a year. So no fruit yet. That's why I gave 3 stars. After I read the bad reviews, I decided to write this. I was on (...) web page and they said "Manchurian and Siberian apricots fruit more dependably when other apricot varieties or NANKING cherries are nearby" It just so happens that I planted Nanking cherries the year before. So I'm hoping mine will bear fruit! Hope this helps someone out there! Happy Gardening!

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