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The '''Plumcot''' is a 50/50 [[hybrid]] between an [[prunus armeniaca|apricot]] and a [[prunus domestica|plum]]<ref>Hormel Foods, [http://www.hormel.com/kitchen/glossary.asp?id=35065 Glossary of Kitchen and Food Terms]. Retrieved August 27, 2007.</ref>. The fruit has the smell of an [[apricot]] and the flavour of a [[plum]]. The plumcot has a very smooth dark red skin and is peach colored inside. The fruit can be eaten fresh or used to make jam.
The plumcot was created by [[Luther Burbank]] by crossing an apricot and a plum.{{Fact|date=August 2007}} Similar hybrid fruit are marketed today under the name '''[[pluot]]'''.
==See also==
*[[Pluot]]
*[[Aprium]]
==References==
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[[Category:Hybrid prunus]]
The plumcot was created by [[Luther Burbank]] by crossing an apricot and a plum.{{Fact|date=August 2007}} Similar hybrid fruit are marketed today under the name '''[[pluot]]'''.
==See also==
*[[Pluot]]
*[[Aprium]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{fruit-stub}}
[[Category:Hybrid prunus]]
