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	Resources & Activities: New Words
		Pluot is much like a blend of fruit juices,” explained Ed Laivo, Director of Marketing and Sales of the Home Garden Division of Dave Wilson Nursery, “where the mix is an improvement over the separate ingredients.”’
		pluot is two-thirds plum and one-third apricot, a hybrid fruit created by cross-pollination.
		Pluots bear a strong resemblance to plums in appearance, but have a sweet, intense flavour and are also rich in Vitamin A. These fruits even come in a range of varieties, such as
	www.macmillandictionary.com /New-Words/040528-pluot.htm (320 words)

	Pluots and Apriums - Food Reference
		Pluots are complex hybrid fruits that are part plum and part apricot in heritage.
		The pluot is often confused with the aprium which is another plum and apricot hybrid with mostly apricot heritage.
		Pluots and apriums are known for their sweetness and flavor; the sugar content of these fruits is much higher than that of a plum or apricot alone.
	www.foodreference.com /html/art-pluots-apriums.html (591 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Pluot
		Pluots are noted for their sweetness (due to a very high sugar content) and their intense flavor, which surpass that of the plums and apricots from which they were made.
		Pluots are a sweet and juicy hybrid of plums and apricots.
		Pluots: Pluots are a cross between and plums and apricots.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pluot (738 words)

	Pluot (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A pluot is a fruit developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger.
		Pluots are noted for their sweetness (due to a very high sugar content) and their intense flavor.
		Pluots, or some varieties, are sometimes called dinosaur eggs.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Pluot.html (279 words)

	Pluots and Apriums
		Pluots are smooth skinned, like plums, while Apriums are slightly fuzzy, like apricots, but they have unique flavors and generally higher sugar levels than the standard varieties.
		Pluots have predominantly plum parentage and resemble plums with generally smooth skin and have a plum shape.
		Such is the case with Pluots, with a sweet and savory blend of plum and apricot flavor.
	www.producepete.com /shows/pluots.html (533 words)

	5ADay: Fruit & Vegetable of the Month: Pluots and Apriums (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pluots are complex hybrid fruits that are part plum and part apricot in heritage.
		The pluot is often confused with the aprium which is another plum and apricot hybrid with mostly apricot heritage.
		Pluots and apriums are known for their sweetness and flavor; the sugar content of these fruits is much higher than that of a plum or apricot alone.
	www.5aday.gov /month/pluot.html (842 words)

	What are Pluots?
		The strangely named pluot is a hybrid of the plum and the apricot.
		Pluots are sometimes sold by the name of Dinosaur egg due to the strange dappled coloring on some types of the fruit.
		Pluots are mainly grown in the Central Valley area of California and are available from late May through September.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-are-pluots.htm (400 words)

	Pluot/Aprium Information (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pluots are complex crosses of plum and apricot.
		Pluots are created by hybridizing, requiring several generations of crosses to create new fruit.
		Pluots are 2/3 plum, 1/3 apricot - they look like a plum on the exterior and the flesh has a flavor rich with the sweetness of the apricot and the tartness of the plum.
	www.wespaksales.com /html/Tables/pluotinquiry.htm (226 words)

	Pluot and Aprium Facts Information Page
		Pluots® and Apriums®; are "interspecifics" - complex hybrids of plum and apricot.
		The complex, intense flavor of Pluots and Apriums is unique to interspecifics, much like a blend of fruit juices where the mixture is an improvement over any of the separate ingredients.
		Pluots and Apriums are one of the best natural sources of vitamin A, which is essential for healthy skin and mucous membranes.
	haggen.fruitbouquet.com /fruit-facts/pluot-facts.html (324 words)

	Pluot® and Aprium® interspecifics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pluot® and Aprium®; interspecific hybrids are complex crosses of plum and apricot.
		Unlike plumcots, which are simple plum x apricot crosses, Pluot® and Aprium®; interspecifics were developed by the Zaigers through intricate hybridizing, requiring several generations of crosses to create these new fruits.
		The complex, intense flavor of Pluot® and Aprium®; is unique to interspecifics, much like a blend of fruit juices where the mixture is an improvement over any of the separate ingredients.
	www.davewilson.com /br10/br10Pluot.html (508 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Pluots
		The pluot is plum-like in shape with exceptionally smooth skin that tends to be somewhat mottled in color.
		The pluot was engineered in 1989 by fruit biologist Floyd Zaiger of Zaiger's Genetics; "We worked on it for more than 20 years before we introduced the first one," said Zaiger.
		Pluots tend to be more squishy than plums and may, in fact, feel overripe when they are in their prime.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A57081-2004Sep28?language=printer (276 words)

	Pluot and Aprium Facts Information Page
		Pluots® and Apriums®; are "interspecifics" - complex hybrids of plum and apricot.
		The complex, intense flavor of Pluots and Apriums is unique to interspecifics, much like a blend of fruit juices where the mixture is an improvement over any of the separate ingredients.
		Pluots and Apriums are one of the best natural sources of vitamin A, which is essential for healthy skin and mucous membranes.
	www.bouquetoffruits.com /fruit-facts/pluot-facts.html (310 words)

	Georgia FACES
		Pluots are hybrid fruits from a cross of plums and apricots.
		Flavor Rich pluots are "a unique breed of fruit that tastes at first like a sweet plum and then like an apricot," she said.
		Flavor King pluots are hybrids bred with the Santa Rosa plum.
	georgiafaces.caes.uga.edu /storypage.cfm?storyid=1613 (497 words)

	Ingredient Spotlight: Pluots - Slashfood
		A pluot is a relatively new fruit, developed in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger, a hybrid between a plum and an apricot that is touted by growers as having all of the good properties of both fruits, and none of the drawbacks.
		Pluots are known as "interspecific plums," meaning that even though there are more than 20 slightly different varieties of the fruit, they have a specific ratio of plum to apricot that gives them their unique characteristics.
		Most varieties of pluot are red-skinned and fuzzless, unlike apricots, though their flesh ranges in color from a pale white to a dark red.
	www.slashfood.com /2006/09/03/ingredient-spotlight-pluots (799 words)

	emerils.com \| notes from the kitchen
		Pluots, also called Dinosaur Eggs, Dapple Dandy, Flavor King, Flavor Queen, Flavor Supreme and Flavor Rosa, are the invention of Floyd Zaiger.
		The Pluot is part of a group of fruits called interspecifics.
		Look for Pluots as late as October, with the last of the Flavor Grenades showing up and ending the end of the season that starts as early as July.
	www.emerils.com /cooking/archives/000646.html (831 words)

	California Heartland - Pluots
		Besides eating them fresh off the tree, we asked Professor Pluot's wife Mary Anne to create a culinary concoction involving this fabricated fruit.
		Our pluots arrived within 24 hours and were fresh and very tasty.
		If you'd like to experience the pride, be adventurous, forsake the familiar fruits and partake of the pleasantries of the pluot.
	www.californiaheartland.org /archive/hl_702/pluots.htm (490 words)

	Premium Pluots
		Pluots have gone from obscurity with their first introduction in 1989 to gaining a premium image in the U.S. tree fruit market.
		Pluots are noted for their sweetness (due to a very high sugar content) and their intense flavor.
		Pluots are adapted to a wide range of climatic conditions, and pluots can be grown in almost every state in the US.
	www.fruitpatch.net /products/pluot.htm (447 words)

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		This Pluot is a fruit that has been grown with kids in mind.
		A pluot is a hybrid of a plum and apricot.
		Pluots are a natural source of vitamin A, essential for healthy skin, vitamin C and high levels of potassium which plays a role in nerve and muscle function.
	www.tradearabia.com /tanews/newsdetails_snAGRI_article109203.html (303 words)

	Walk About
		He developed the Pluot® with years of hybridization, painstakingly involving elaborate control of the climate and transferring the pollen between the trees with an eyebrow brush.
		Pluots®, plumcots, and Apriums®; are all high in carbohydrates, low in fat, and low in calories.
		Pluots®, like all fruits, are a great source of vitamin C. Go back in time and step into the future with one of nature's new perfect snacks, the Dinosaur Egg, (or Pluot®), plumcot, or Aprium®;.
	www.walkaboutmag.com /5pluot.html (633 words)

	Vortex Genie
		The pluot is a complex hybrid, genetically made up of 75 percent plum and 25 percent apricot.
		From all of this evidence, we concluded that the plum and pluot are almost identical in the aspects that we tested for.
		The pluot showed the same differences in time between concentration, strengthening the evidence that there is a relationship between the concentration of sugars containing ketoses and speed at which the color change occurs.
	www.msu.edu /course/lbs/145/snapshot.afs/luckie/inquiries2002/vortexgenie.html (2483 words)

	Albert's Organics - Quality Organically Grown Fresh Food
		Pluots might be one of the best tasting fruits that you will ever eat.
		Both Pluots and Apriums are known for their sweetness and flavor; the sugar content of these fruits is much higher than that of a plum or apricot alone.
		Pluots were introduced into the mainstream market in 1989, and since that time, the challenge for retail produce operations is how to get their customers excited about this very flavorful, and sometimes very strange looking fruit.
	www.albertsorganics.com /SeasonDetail.asp?SeasonID=9 (575 words)

	CalorieKing Library - Diet & Weight Loss Information - Pluots and Apriums
		Pluots are mainly of plum parentage and so have smooth skin like plums.
		Pluots and apriums are known for their sweetness and intense flavor; the sugar content of these fruits is much higher than that of a plum or apricot alone.
		Pluots can be ripened more quickly in a brown paper bag at room temperature.
	www.calorieking.com /library/article.php?path=92,11&art_id=783 (751 words)

	Fruits and Votes » Pof. Shugart's Blog » The Last Pluot
		In fact, pluots are such complex hybrids that it takes generations of waiting for your seedlings to mature to fruiting age, and then repeating the cycle, in order to get the desired hybrid.
		A pluot is roughly 3/4 plum and 1/4 apricot.
		There are multi-grafted trees with FK and other pluot or plum varieties on one tree, or you could plant two or up to four trees in one hole (trunks 18″ to 2′ apart).
	fruitsandvotes.com /?p=30 (1846 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - The Fresh Grocer: Pluot Plums
		I have done tips on pluot plums, but look at this, this is pluot plumorama.
		When you select your pluot plums, what you have to do is -- because they're picked with so much sugar to them -- you have to buy them and enjoy them right away.
		Pluot plums, in the market, let me tell you when you try them, you will go back and try them again and again and again.
	cbs2chicago.com /freshgrocer/local_story_238132934.html (458 words)

	ComicBookGirl.com
		Pluot (pronounced PLOO-awt) was created by Zaiger's Genetics in a controlled cross-breeding environment.
		The Californian fruit is approximately 2/3 plum and 1/3 apricot.
		The Pluot was first sold commercially in in 1989 and there are approximately 25 varieties.
	www.comicbookgirl.com /2004/09/pluot.php (160 words)

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