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Hello,

I would like to buy an apricot tree. The book the "fruit expert"
mentions Moorpark and early moorpark. Are these the best varieties for
the UK?

I visited my local garden centre and they do not have these varieties.
Instead they have Tomcot, Goldcot, and Golden Glow (IIRC). Do you have
any experience of these?

I have a south facing garden in the midlands. The label of the goldcot
said it was a US variety, especially suited to the cold, wet UK
conditions. Is this so? if so, I might be tempted to try that, unless
anyone recommends different.

Thanks.

What ever you buy unless you protect it from rain with a small roof it
will go down with "Peach Leaf Curl" (you can spray but I would not
then want to eat the fruit) and they really need wall protection for the
flowers which are early and get damaged by spring frosts. I have seen
reasonable crops on Moorpark but have never come across the others you
mentioned.
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Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea