I try to get seeds of this every year, and it seems almost impossible, but just on the long shot, does anyone have seeds of Montrose Apricot to trade/share? of all the Apricots, it is the most adapted to the Maritime Northwest climate.

Well, I finally saw the questions from back in April! No Spice-Zee is not "just a really good nectarine", it is like a white nectarine with a definite plum flavor. However, it is a peach leaf curl magnet, so I think if you have disease in your climate, it would be a lot of work to keep the tree healthy. If not, definitely get one! I have heard Sprite/Delight are not very good, the taste practically for the birds, maybe they would be OK for pies. But there are so many trees much more worth the space I can't see growing either. And my Cot-n-Candy is a growing FIEND, it sprouts branches all over like it is a bush and sets fruit really heavy every year. The trunk hit 6 inches in diameter in 3 or 4 years. So it is just a fabulous variety, if you can grow apricots. Carla in Sac

Am looking for seeds / seedlings of the montrose apricot. For trade, I have a lot of hybrid grape seedlings from controlled crosse. Most are muscat flavored.

It all depends what you've got, some seedlings are hardier then others. There is a fairly high chance that the fruit is descent. We have some apricot trees here that still give fruit at -35C/-31F cold snap. There are several the City of Edmonton planted over 50 years ago, some of the fruits are really good. I wouldn't plant it close to the south facing wall of a building, about 10 meters away or on the north/west side of the house. We have long day's in the summer and the sun is high enough to give the tree lots of sun. This from DNA Gardens, [about the Edmonton Capilano Apricot] ..not in business anymore.. Parents: Unknown Growth: Specimen has multiple stems and is open and spreading Fruit habit: The lady of the closest house says it fruits every second year. Many people pick them. Size: 4 x 4.2 x . 3.6 cm Shape: flattened ventrally; higher at shoulder Suture: deep ending at beak Stigma: small flattened beak Color: very dark yellow with red blushes on exposed skin. Aroma: good Maturity: end of July Texture: soft Taste: juicy, very sweet Uses: excellent dessert type Stone: free Thean Pheh remarks: City of Edmonton could not determine whether it was a seedling or selection as it was planted in the 60's and the lile could not be traced. There were three apricot plants on the same buffer strip and each is completely different from the other in growth habit, fruit maturity, size, shape and taste leading me to think that they are open pollinated seedlings. ___________________________________ I had a small tree in the backyard and had fruit, grafted to a plum seedling, ..I killed it by the transplant! Have now many seedlings from these Edmonton trees growing outside of the city, which is about another zone colder, they're going into the 3rd. season,...time will tell if any good. My hope is that some will be OK and I have some early flowers/pollen for the bees.