The bare root apricot we planted was dead, so we found a potted tree at a local nursery and replaced it today. We could not get a Katy (sold out) which would have been our first choice, so we got a Gold Kist instead. This is the same variety as the 12-year old tree we have in the back. It has smaller fruit but the taste is excellent and the tree has done really well. We make jam and fruit leather from it every year.
Katy has larger fruit and that's why we wanted to try it, but no luck. There are other varieties that do well in the Phoenix area, but these are two of the best and have the lowest chill hour requirement. Remember that we get about 450 chill hours a year here on average, which is why many fruit trees aren't grown here - they need more cold weather to set fruit the next season.
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| Gold Kist Apricot |
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