Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) OLIMP

Late self-fertile late-blooming Romanian apricot. Valuable for excellent taste and marketable fruit quality, late flowering as well as resistance to fungal and viral diseases. The variety enables ecological cultivation without chemical sprays.

Crossing: B 17/52 x Mr 42/1, breeder Dr. Ing. Viorica Balan. Released in 1994.
Vigour: weak
Blossom: late and rich, self-fertile
Fruit: medium-sized, weight 65 - 75 g, fruit shape oval, color orange
Pulp: light orange, firm, aromatic, freestone
Taste: pleasantly harmonious, balanced ratio of sugar and acids, aromatic
Hrvest season: late, mid August
Yeald: very early onset, high and regular
Disease resistance: excellent. Resistance to Plum Pox Virus (PPV), Monilia ( Monilinia laxa ), Shot hole disease (also called Coryneum blight caused by Stigmina carpophila syn. Clasterosporium carpophilum) and Leucostoma canker (Leucostoma cincta syn. Cytospora cincta). Suitable for organic or no-spray culture.
Usage: universal, for fresh consumption as well as for industrial processing. Suitable for organic cultivation in intensive production plantations.