On the trail of
the best apricot
by christine weber hale
Sunset Magazine June 1997
For spectacular flavor, search out the Blenheim variety in farmers' markets and orchards. Or bring out the flavor of other apricots in memorable recipes he more you learn about apricots, the more you admire growers like Stephen Brenkwitz... Read More
Lone
Tree looks to build on export sales
Asiafruit July/August 1998
CALIFORNIA-based Lone Tree hopes to include Japan in its Asian export profile this season. In previous seasons, the stonefruit grower-packer-shipper has exported apricots and pluots (a cross between plums and apricots) to Hong Kong retailers and Taiwan. Despite renewed economic volatility... Read More
Lone Tree Grows
Heavenly Pluots
by Karola Saekel
San Fransisco Chronicle Wednesday, July 19, 2000
You wouldn't have found them in the Garden of Eden, but Pluots from Lone Tree farm are sweet enough to tempt any Adam or Eve. This hybrid fruit was developed more than 20 years ago by Floyd Zaiger of Zaiger Nursery in Modesto, which used to be known as Zaiger Genetics. Read More
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
by David Karp
Gourmet September 2000
Brave New Fruit
California farmers greet the millennium with a
dazzling array of hybrids.
By DAVID KARP, Special to The L.A. Times, Wednesday,
July 21, 1999
The Lone Tree Pride plumcot shocks the eyes, the nose and
the palate. From across the room, its flaming orange, slightly downy skin
and alluring perfume evoke a gigantic dream apricot. Bite into the translucent,
plumlike golden flesh, and it gushes syrupy juice, but without a plum's
sour edge.
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