The initial hybrid called a plumcot was then crossed with another plum - this second generation became the Pluot. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
Food and Dining Has anyone ever tried a 'plumcot' or a 'peacharine'?. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
Through cross-breeding, hybridization and grafting, he introduced scores of new plant varieties, including: Shasta daisies; the "plumcot," a cross between the apricot and the plum; and spineless cacti. From Wordnik.com. [Catholic Online > Daily Readings] Reference
"The plumcot cross-existed, but he saw potential in the plum's sweetness and the apricot's aromatics and crossed it back with the parent tree many times to bring out those characteristics – sweet but no bitter skin.". From Wordnik.com. [Floyd Zaiger: 'Pluot' Creator Continues Perfecting Fruit With Meticulous, Low-Tech Breeding Methods] Reference
Ever wonder about the differences between a plumcot and a pluot?. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
Have you ever encountered a pluot, plumcot, aprium, or peacotum?. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
And when apriums - the babies of the pluots-plumcot family - hit the market, you can tuck them into a pillowy. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
The 'Mesch Mesch Amrah' plumcot-always one of our favorite fruits-is about to burst with new leaves and a few blooms. From Wordnik.com. [Fruits and Votes] Reference
He combined many vegetables and fruits, creating the tangelo, the plumcot, the white blackberry, and the variety of potato used to make french fries in McDonald's. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Practically speaking, that means it's 50% plumcot and 50% straight-plum, but linguistically you'd expect it to be the same thing as pluot, just with smaller roots (you loose the m on the plum, but also the c on the cot). From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
50/50 plumcot, produced delicious fruit, although the trees tended to have pollination problems. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
A plumcot is genetically 50/50 plum/apricot, although linguistically, it's 4/7 plum, 3/7 apricot (close enough, but plumicot and pluicot would have mapped perfectly). From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
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