pluot
aprium
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Natural apriplums have been known for hundreds of years in regions where both plums and apricots are grown from seed.
At farmers markets, you may see a wide variety of stone fruits — pluots, plumcots, apriums, and apriplums.
Use apriplums in pies, crumbles, salads, or any other dish that calls for stone fruit.
The apriplum tree, unlike the plumcot tree, cannot reproduce by budding.
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