Blenril Apricot Scion for Pacific Northwest

I had an opportunity to visit a farm in British Columbia that had the Blenril Apricot. The fruit had all the flavor I expect from a California grown apricot. According to the farmer, it also seems this particular cultivar is well suited for growing/producing in the pacific northwest. Does anyone in Washington/Oregon have this cultivar in their collection, and would be willing to share scions? Or any recommendations for cultivars that have done well in the PNW region? Thanks

Hi Ann,

Welcome to Permies.

I'm also in Pacific North West, and I have one Self-Fertile Apricot tree.
It seems like I get a good crop of wonderful fruit maybe every fourth year.
I think the primary issue here where I am is that late frosts, or windy, rainy weather during blossom make the pollination difficult.

... I am pretty sure I have the variety, 'Puget Gold'... but it was one of my early plantings and I lost the tag and records long ago ...
I planted it more than fifteen years back probably... the tree gets damaged sometimes by winter weather and seems prone to disease and some insect troubles...
But its fruit is quite wonderful when fully ripe, which happens when we get a hot Summer...
Fresh apricots, fully ripened, are so tasty and soft and fragile.  It makes me understand why they can't have good fresh Apricots at the supermarkets.

This year was a good Apricot year - I got a lot of really tasty fruit, despite (because of?) some rough Winter weather.
I'll have to look into this Blenril variety!