Variety profile
Apricot ‚Wachauer Marille’
Prunus armeniaca · Rosaceae
- Ripening
- mittel
- Harvest
- Week 29 to 31
- Vigour
- mittel
- Origin
- Österreich, Wachau
- Introduced
- 1900
- Self-fertile
- Yes
- Pollination group
- selbstfruchtbar
- Heritage variety
- Yes
- Use
- Tafel, Einmachen, Backen, Brennen
- Rootstock
- St. Julien A, Myrobalane (Kirschpflaume), Wavit
- Disease resistance
- Monilia: gering, Schrotschuss: mittel
About this variety
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The famous apricot from the Austrian Wachau, an EU protected designation of origin covering a whole variety type of small to medium fruited, highly aromatic apricots. At the end of July, orange yellow fruits with fine red speckling ripen, carrying an unmistakably intense aroma that makes them the first choice for jam, dumplings and brandy. Self fertile, but rather susceptible to Monilia, so an airy, warm site is worth the effort.
Full bodied, aromatic flesh with pronounced sweetness and lively acidity, the very essence of the apricot, a treat fresh as well as processed.
Care and diseases
Soil, feeding, pruning, companion planting and diseases apply to every variety of this species alike. You will find the full guidance on the species page.
All care notes for Apricot