• Harlayne apricots displayed whole and cut open
  • Representative apricot growing or flowering in a garden
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Apricot 'Harlayne'

Apricot 'Harlayne'

Cultivar & Origin

Harlayne comes from the Canadian Harrow apricot breeding program. It is a later-ripening selection with sweet, orange, often red-blushed freestone fruit. That timing can extend the apricot harvest beyond earlier varieties. It is used fresh and for canning, drying and preserves. Our trees are grafted on Myrobalan rootstock.

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Why We Grow It

Harlayne helps extend the apricot harvest with later-ripening, sweet freestone fruit. It is another result of Canadian apricot breeding at Harrow, and a useful partner to earlier selections in a diverse orchard. The crop suits fresh eating, drying and preserving, with harvest work spread across more of the season.

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.

Harlayne

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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  • Harlayne apricots displayed whole and cut open
  • 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.