Part plum and part apricot, this complex hybrid may be the most elusive stone fruit. Serious Eats / Getty Images Even during peak stone fruit season—which is *checks calendar* right now!—finding a ...

Q: I purchased a Flavor Supreme bare-root pluot tree at the University Orchard on Horse Drive in North Las Vegas six years ago. The pluots are plentiful and taste great. I spray the tree with ...

•Sprinkle wildflower seeds. There’s still time to plant California poppies and other wildflowers that bloom in spring. •Resist the urge to clean up cold-damaged plants. They may look sad, but damaged ...

Feb. 4, 2007 — -- If you've paid attention to what you buy at the grocery store, you may have noticed that fruit has changed. Where once there were dependable McIntosh apples, red plums, and ...

This is a "Dinosaur Egg" pluot, just one of the many varieties available. Pluots, relative newcomers to the spectacular lineup of summer fruits, are among the most tantalizing. Yet they can be ...

Nectaplums may still be a decade away, but the Pluot is a raging success. An arranged marriage between a plum and apricot, consummated with the help of Modesto, Calif., plant breeder Floyd Zaiger, the ...

It's hard to believe that the pluot didn't show up in the marketplace until 1989. The sweet stone fruit is now a staple at farmers' markets and is among the most beloved fruits in the locavore's diet.

A great choice for the home orchard is the Pluot, a plum-apricot hybrid. Pluots (pronounced plew-otts) are like plums in flavor and texture, but are sweeter and less acidic. Many pluot varieties are ...

Is it possible to fall in love with a fruit? Six or seven years ago a young Web producer named Chip Brantley was browsing the Culver City farmers market when he encountered a yellow-skinned, ...

Q. What is the difference between plumcots, pluots and apriums? Which varieties are the best? A: Luther Burbank, the famous plant breeder, crossed an apricot (Prunus armeniaca) with a Japanese plum ...

: I have a two-year-old pluot that has a lot of nice looking fruit on it. Some of the fruit drops before it is ripe and there seems to be a little bug that has crawled into the stem end of the fruit.