• Representative ripe orange apricots on leafy branches
  • Representative apricot growing or flowering in a garden
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Apricot 'Velvaglo'

Apricot 'Velvaglo'

Cultivar & Origin

Velvaglo is a Canadian apricot selection with juicy fruit suited to fresh use and preserving. It belongs to the group of named apricots evaluated in Ontario orchard production. The orange fruit is used for fresh eating, jam, drying and freezing. Our batch is grafted on Myrobalan rootstock; another apricot with overlapping bloom is supplied as a pollination partner.

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Why We Grow It

Velvaglo gives us juicy apricots for the bowl as well as the preserving pan. Apricots have fed households across Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe for generations, especially as dried fruit. This selection brings that combination of fresh fruit and stored summer food to a mixed home orchard.

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.

Velvaglo

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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  • Representative ripe orange apricots on leafy branches
  • Representative apricot growing or flowering in a garden

Plant Highlights

  • Water

    Steady moisture during establishment and fruit growth.

  • Pollination

    Needs a pollination partner: another apricot with overlapping bloom.

  • 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.