Pluot

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 varieties include:

• Blue Gusto: large, medium sweet, yellow flesh.
• Candy Stripe: medium, pink-yellow striped, with very sweet and juicy flesh.
• Cherry: small, bright red skin with white flesh.
• Dapple Dandy: large sweet with pale green to yellow, red-spotted skin, red or pink juicy flesh.
• Flavorella: round, medium-sized, golden-yellow, with sweet and juicy flesh.
• Flavorglo
• Flavor Grenade
• Flavor Heart: very large, black with a heart shape, and yellow flesh.
• Flavor King: very sweet, medium or large, with red-purple skin and red flesh.
• Flavorosa: very sweet or tart, medium-sized, flat round dark-purple fruit with red flesh.
• Flavor Prince: large round and purple, with red flesh.
• Flavor Rich (flavorich): medium-sweet, large black round fruit with orange flesh.
• Flavor Supreme: medium or large, greenish purple skin, juicy red flesh.
• Flavor Queen: large light-green to yellow, very juicy.
• Frugi: round, purple-green-yellow skin, very juicy and very sweet.
• Green: green skin, clear, sweet, juicy flesh.
• Hand Grenade: large, oblong shape, sweet and juicy flesh.
• Last Chance: large and sweet with green skin and flesh.
• Red Ray: medium, bright red with dense, sweet orange flesh.

Pluots, or some varieties, are sometimes called dinosaur eggs.

Pluot is a registered trademark of Zaiger Genetics[?].