Part plum and part apricot, this complex hybrid may be the most elusive stone fruit. Serious Eats / Getty Images Even during peak stone fruit season—which is *checks calendar* right now!—finding a ...

Q: I purchased a Flavor Supreme bare-root pluot tree at the University Orchard on Horse Drive in North Las Vegas six years ago. The pluots are plentiful and taste great. I spray the tree with ...

Q: I planted a Flavor Supreme pluot tree two years ago. The tree is doing very well. It has grown a lot, and I prune it every winter along with my peach and apricot trees. This tree blooms like crazy, ...

Don't ask Chip Brantley to tell you about pluots unless you really want to know about pluots. He knows a lot about 'em, and he's glad to tell you. First, he'll tell you that a pluot is 75 percent plum ...

Before we delve deep into fall flavors, pluots are one of my favorite start-of-fall fruits. They are a hybrid between a plum and an apricot, where it has the pretty purple hues and juiciness of a plum ...

Meet the pluot. Or perhaps you've already met. This firm but fleshy fruit, a hybrid of the plum and apricot, has been a seasonal guest in markets for the past few years. Chefs and home cooks love the ...

Q. What is the difference between plumcots, pluots, and apriums? Which varieties are the best? Luther Burbank, the famous plant breeder, crossed an apricot (Prunus armeniaca) with a Japanese plum ...

In the natural world, we depend on birds and bees to carry pollen from tree to tree to create new seeds of life. When two trees share the same species or genus, horticulturalists cross them to produce ...