Apricots · Dave Wilson Nursery

Gold Kist Apricot

Prunus armeniaca ‘Gold Kist’

A heavy-bearing freestone apricot selected for warm winters, with excellent backyard fruit and an early Arizona harvest.

2 varieties

Chill hours: About 300 hours
Harvest: Late May to early June in the low desert
Pollination: Self-fruitful
Mature size: Usually 10–20 ft with annual pruning; rootstock determines ultimate size

Our pick for most gardens

1/2 inch caliper

The everyday choice. Enough trunk to stand on its own, young enough to settle in quickly and fruit on schedule.

$29

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Which one

Every apricot side by side

Same fruit, different seasons and different jobs. Pick the row that fits your ground and your calendar.

Variety	Harvest	Chill hours	Pollination	Mature size	Grown	From
A heavy-bearing freestone apricot selected for warm winters, with excellent backyard fruit and an early Arizona harvest.	Late May to early June in the low desert	About 300 hours	Self-fruitful	Usually 10–20 ft with annual pruning; rootstock determines ultimate size	2,330	$26
A large, flavorful all-purpose freestone apricot whose tree-ripe fruit is mild rather than sharply tart.	Late May to early June in the low desert	About 400 hours	Self-fruitful	Usually 10–20 ft with annual pruning; rootstock determines ultimate size	3,685	$26

Counts are what the nursery is growing right now, across every trunk size.

Where this tree sits

Lower canopy

Fruit trees kept below the tall ones. Most of this year's programme lives here, held to eight or ten feet by summer pruning.

Apricots sit in this layer.