A
pluot is a
fruit invented in the late
20th century by [Floyd Zaiger]
?. It is a hybrid of plum
? and apricot
?, being 75% plum and 25% apricot in parentage.
Pluots are noted for their sweetness (due to a very high sugar content) and their intense flavor, which surpass that of the plums and apricots from which they were made. Pluots are also rich in [vitamin A]?.
Pluot varieties include:
- Blue Gusto: large, medium sweet, yellow flesh.
- Candy Stripe: medium, pink-yellow striped, with very sweet and juicy flesh.
- Cherry: small, bright red skin with white flesh.
- Dapple Dandy: large sweet with pale green to yellow, red-spotted skin, red or pink juicy flesh.
- Flavorella: round, medium-sized, golden-yellow, with sweet and juicy flesh.
- Flavorglo
- Flavor Grenade
- Flavor Heart: very large, black with a heart shape, and yellow flesh.
- Flavor King: very sweet, medium or large, with red-purple skin and red flesh.
- Flavorosa: very sweet or tart, medium-sized, flat round dark-purple fruit with red flesh.
- Flavor Prince: large round and purple, with red flesh.
- Flavor Rich (flavorich): medium-sweet, large black round fruit with orange flesh.
- Flavor Supreme: medium or large, greenish purple skin, juicy red flesh.
- Flavor Queen: large light-green to yellow, very juicy.
- Frugi: round, purple-green-yellow skin, very juicy and very sweet.
- Green: green skin, clear, sweet, juicy flesh.
- Hand Grenade: large, oblong shape, sweet and juicy flesh.
- Last Chance: large and sweet with green skin and flesh.
- Red Ray: medium, bright red with dense, sweet orange flesh.
Pluots, or some varieties, are sometimes called dinosaur eggs.
Pluot is a registered trademark of [Zaiger Genetics]?.