Tlor-Tsiran Apricot Size:Dwarf (4'-5') Each spring

Each spring

Like many figs

Great for eating or processing

Ripening Time: September

and excellent resistance to fireblight give this recent USDA introduction plenty to be proud of

Tlor-Tsiran Apricot Size:Dwarf (4'-5') Each springPrunus dasycarpa 'Tlor Tsiran' Tlor Tsiran is a selection of an unusual, naturally occurring hybrid of apricot (P. armeniaca) and myrobalan plum (P. cerasifera) from central Asia. We tasted it in Russia at the Krymsk Station near the Caucasus mountain range and were transported by the flavor. The skin of the tasty oval fruit is mildly fuzzy, somewhat like an apricot, but is a dark purple instead of yellow orange. The succulent flesh is marbled red and