Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Manera is particularly well suited to northern France and other cool climates when given a warm, sheltered position. We recommend it to gardeners with room for two apricot trees. Late blossom, hardiness and firm, sweet, aromatic fruit are its main strengths. Its key limitation is pollination: Manera is not self-fertile and needs Mia planted nearby.

Manera

Price range: 33,75 € through 64,50 €

Manera is an apricot variety adapted to the cooler climates of northern Europe.

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Dispatch generally takes place from late November to February, depending on the weather and the progress of lifting the trees.

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1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Prunus rootstock options

Montclar - mature height : 4 à 6m, suitable for very dry soil.

Myrobolan - mature height : 4 à 6m.

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SKU: 3607 Category: Apricot trees

Description

Manera is a bi-coloured orange/red apricot variety suitable for the cooler climates of northern Europe.

The fruits weigh 50g – 70g in commercial conditions, with 13% sugars.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Swiss variety from the Agroscope breeding programme, corresponding to selection ACW 4353 and marketed by Varicom. Exact breeding date not found; released as a varietal innovation at SIVAL 2022 to develop apricot growing in the northern half of France.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

1 week

Use

Cooking, Fresh eating

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Origin and identity

Synonyms

ACW 4353, Manera®

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Good vigour, open habit, fruiting on both short and long shoots, good productivity, early bearing

Disease behaviour

Scab

Very interesting variety for northern growing conditions because of its resistances.

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 4 - late.

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Harvest calendar

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At the same time

July 1-15

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About 15 days later

July 15-30