Pluot
Pluots, Apriums, Apriplums, or Plumcots are crosses between plums and apricots. Plumcots and Apriplums are hybrids of the first generation. Pluots and Apriums arise only by breeding after several generations (grade education). The fruits are characterized by the fact that they are very sweet and have small nuclei.
Plumcots / Apriplums
In nature Plumcots and Apriplums come for hundreds of years in all parts of the world in which to grow both plums and apricots. The name Plumcot was introduced by Luther Burbank.
Pluots
Pluots have a smooth surface, strongly reminiscent of plums. Pluots were developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger. " Pluot " is a registered trademark of Zaiger 's Genetics.
Apriums
Apriums are complex engineered products, which show more apricot influences, since three of the trees of the grandparent generation are apricots. " APRIUM " is a registered trademark of Zaiger 's Genetics.