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Alfred (Prunus Armeniaca Alfred) is a tough apricot tree that is much less prone to die back than several of it's counterparts. If you can speak tree, you may hear it shouting "IS THAT THE BEST YOU GOT" as it waves it's longest branches to the sky when the weather is bad.
Originally from America so it may have some bad habits such as eating more than it needs and try to take over oil rich countries.
The fruit is medium to small in size but with a very nice flavour.
Type of Apricot: Eating Picking Period: Early August
Fertility: This apricot is self-fertile, so no need for another apricot to act as a pollination partner for it to produce fruit.
Available on the following rootstock:
Torinel Semi-Vigorous Rootstock giving a final height of 3.6 metres supplied in a 12 litre container
Message card included at no additional cost if required.
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General Fruit Tree Life Expectancy
Most fruit trees will give you AT LEAST 40 years of fruit. Pears can go to 70. Records of 200 year old trees exist but this is the exception, not the rule.
General Pollination Information
Apricot Advice
Not a very demanding tree but a few things to remember. Make sure you plant the tree in a well drained spot where there is a lot of sun. Under a sunbed in the desert is going too far!
Although these are self fertile, it still helps to hand pollinate with a small brush and prune the tree to allow sun in and air to circulate into the centre.
Important Apricot Fruit Tree information
As with other stone fruit trees such as Plum, Damsons and Gages, Apricot fruit trees are a bit spoilt when it comes to being left in a container over Winter (Oct-March) They may decide out of spite to not do so well next year or as the ultimate act of defiance, just stop living. If you must have your Apricot fruit tree in a container, we advise leaving in a greenhouse or conservaotry over the Winter months.
