Apricot Tamasha

Variety from the Dagestan Fruit Crops Experimental Station. Breeders: Sh.G. Batyrkhannov, A.S. Pokrovskaya, N.V. Malinovskaya. Introduced into the State Register in 2004 for the North Caucasus region.

Medium-sized tree with a spherical, dense, round crown.

Medium-sized fruits (40 g), round, single-ribbed, yellow with blush, yellow flesh, tart-sweet, rated 4.7 points. Fruits contain dry matter — 15.05%, sugars — 9.26%, acids — 0.93%, vitamin C — 15.06 mg%. Fruits are transportable and can be stored for 8 days.

Very early ripening period (June 18-20). Begins fruiting in its 4th year. Good winter hardiness. Yield over 1990-2003 was 70 centners per hectare, maximum — 200 centners per hectare. Good disease resistance (1 point).