Capilano  # 1

Parents: Unknown
Origin: Tree found on buffer zone west of Capilano Freeway just south of CBC Station between 86 Av. And 90 Av.
Growth: Specimen has multiple stems and is open and spreading
Fruit habit: The lady of the closest house says it fruits every second year.  Many people pick them. Size: 4 x 4.2 x . 3.6 cm
Shape: flattened ventrally; higher at shoulder
Suture: deep ending at beak
Stigma: small flattened beak
Color: very dark yellow with red blushes on exposed skin.
Aroma: good
Maturity: end of July
Texture: soft
Taste: juicy, very sweet
Uses: excellent dessert type
Stone: free
Thean Pheh remarks:

City of Edmonton could not determine whether it was a seedling or selection as it was planted in the 60's and the lile could not be traced.  There were three apricot plants on the same buffer strip and each is completely different from the other in growth habit, fruit maturity, size, shape and taste leading me to think that they are open pollinated seedlings.

Cultivar - M 604

Parents: Scout x McClure
Origin: - 1946, Morden Experimental Farm
Growth: vigorous, spreading
Hardiness - Wood is hardy.  In Alberta, even in the mildest winter, there is slight winterkill as can be witnessed by the brown sapwood in spring.  However, cambium remains alive and has sufficient energy to grow.  Some tipkill is to be expected in most years.  Even dormant floral buds are tender - killed by prolong minus 30 Celcius
Flowers: late April to early May.  Dark pink buds blooming into very light pink fading quickly to white;
Fruit: yearly if fall and winter temperatures are favourable.   In Edmonton, lucky to have a crop every 5 years
Size: 3.3 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm.  Known to grow to 5 cm
Shape: round; higher shoulder at suture; small beak
Suture: deep ending at beak
Stigma: absent
Color: Golden yellow becoming darker with a reddish tinge when fully ripe
Aroma: mild
Maturity: late July
Texture: soft, some strings
Taste: juicy, sweet but slightly bitter around stone
Uses: good for eating and cooking
Stone: almost free stone
Storage: very poor
Thean Pheh remarks:

Even if the floral buds survive the winter, the young fruits are subjected to frost damages because of its early blooming habit.  Where floral buds have not developed to the point where the petals could be seen in mid April, the developing floral buds had survived the minus 16.5C in the April of 1992.  Stigmas and anthers of flowers in the balloon stage are killed by minus 2 Celsius.  These damaged flowers will bloom but produce no fruits.