Plumcot

Red pluots

The plumcot is a hybrid fruit. A plumcot is part plum and part apricot. There are many different types of plumcot. Some of them are about half plum and half apricot, while others are mostly plum. One well-known type of plumcot is called the pluot, which is a trademarked name for plumcots that were developed in the 1980s by Floyd Zaiger. The first plumcots were bred in the late 1800s by Luther Burbank.

References

  1. ↑ "Plumcots (AKA Pluots®)". familytreefarms.com. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS): Pluot". uspto.gov. United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved 2 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ Brantley, Chip (19 August 2009). "Plu-What? What's the difference between pluots and plumcots?". slate.com. Retrieved 2 August 2016.