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Apricot 'Goldcot'

Apricot 'Goldcot'

Cultivar & Origin

Goldcot is an established cold-climate apricot selection with a long production record in Ontario trials. It produces orange fruit used fresh and for drying, jam and baking. It is generally listed as self-fruitful. Our trees are grafted on Myrobalan rootstock, giving a named fruiting top on an orchard root system.

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Why We Grow It

Goldcot earns its place through a long record as a dependable orchard apricot. Orange fruit works fresh, dried or in jam, so a concentrated harvest can be put to several uses. We like it in a mixed apricot planting where different selections spread the work and add diversity to the crop.

How the Plant Grows

Our Myrobalan-grafted stock is managed as a semi-standard tree. Develop well-spaced scaffold branches and an open canopy, thin crowded fruit and maintain a height you can harvest. Final size depends on cultivar, site and pruning. Avoid waterlogged soil.

Plant Size

Size at Maturity- commonly 15–25 ft tall and wide before size-control pruning.

Current Size-

Additional Info

Harvest for flavour, not colour alone. Remove damaged fruit and maintain airflow to reduce disease pressure. Apricot kernels are not a food recommendation.

Goldcot

A tree-ripened apricot is one of the pleasures of a home orchard: fragrant, tender and full of summer flavour. Eat them fresh while they are ready, then turn the extra fruit into jam, dried apricots or freezer supplies. We love having a crop that is both a seasonal treat and something we can put away to enjoy long after the harvest.
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  • Golden Goldcot apricots growing on a branch
  • Representative apricot growing or flowering in a garden

Plant Highlights

  • Water

    Steady moisture during establishment and fruit growth.

  • Pollination

    Many apricots crop alone, but a compatible second tree can improve set; see cultivar note.

  • Soil

    Fertile, well-drained soil.

  • Years to Bear

    Often 3–5 years after planting grafted stock.

  • Hardiness

    Generally suited to sheltered zone 5-type sites; blossom frost is a separate risk from winter survival.

  • Solar

    Full sun; avoid low frost pockets.