Pluot

[The Ewok]

As advertised in next weeks Coles catalogue

A new product cross between a Plum & Apricot

Question is why?

 

[CharlieG]

SACRILEGE!!!!

We've had PLUMCOTS in my area for years!!! They've either ripped them off the orchard in Bacchus Marsh that invented them, or they've just renamed them... what a dud!

 

[ThePowerFromPort.com]

So tell me what do they taste like? And don't say like a cross between plums and apricots. Are they nice?

 

[CharlieG]

A tangy plum with a seed in the middle. Not incredibly outthere... but really! Pluots??? They could've atleast stolen the name as well...

 

[The Ewok]

Another case of Google being your friend

Pluots were originally produced by a university in Chile of all places

 

[CharlieG]

Hmm.... Did it say a timeframe?? I'm more likely to believe a uni over an orchard, but the orchard has had them maybe 6-7 years. Definitely years before Coles got hold of them.

 

[The Ewok]

Originally posted by CharlieG
Hmm.... Did it say a timeframe?? I'm more likely to believe a uni over an orchard, but the orchard has had them maybe 6-7 years. Definitely years before Coles got hold of them.

A Pluot® is a fruit invented and trademarked in 1989 by the Universidad Austral de Chile in association with Zaiger Genetics.

It is a hybrid of plum and apricot, being 75% plum and 25% apricot in parentage.

Pluots® are noted for their sweetness (due to a very high sugar content) and their intense flavor, which surpass that of the plums and apricots from which they were made. Pluots® are also rich in vitamin A.

* Pluot® is a registered trademark of Zaiger Genetics, Modesto, California

 

[CharlieG]

Fair enough... maybe in that case, they are slightly different. Perhaps plumcots are 50% of each or something...

 

[ThePowerFromPort.com]

Plumcots sounds better anyway CharlieG. At least they didn't call them apricums.

 

[Squeak]

We've had them for about 4-6 weeks now. Don't see the need myself, I haven't tried one and probably won't.

I am adamant they should be called apriums.

 

[rubberman]

Wonder what it tastes like distilled