Medium-size, late-season apricot with a deep red blush, firm flesh, and low ethylene production. Origin: New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, Auckland, New Zealand, by A. Nixon and M. Malone. Bhart × Late Moorpark; selected 2006; tested as StB14/15. USPP 27,897; 18 Apr. 2017. Tree: vigor medium; growth habit upright to spreading; precocity medium. Fruit: round, slightly asymmetrical; blush 25-40%; texture fine, firm; freestone; flavor mild, low-acid; ethylene production of fruit held for 10 d at 20 °C ~0.0 to 0.0008 nmol/kg/s; ripens late.
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