# I have a pluot.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 6, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-pluot/180022 "2003-06-06T05:52:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-pluot/180022/1 "2003-06-06T05:52:03Z")

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A [pluot](http://www.davewilson.com/br10/br10Pluot.html) is a plum-apricot hybrid.

They were on special at Ralph’s. They are also very small. I bought just one, to see what it’s like.

I’ll let you know after I taste it. (Mr. Rilch says I’m quite welcome to it.)

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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-pluot/180022/2 "2003-06-06T06:02:27Z")

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And I had one of the first tangelos to arrive in California. Tasted them in Death Valley when I was eight years old. A couple at Furnace Creek Inn had brought stock and samples to sell into the California citrus market.

A Pluot! And here I thought you were making progress on your book. The PLUOT thickens!

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**Author:** ![Quantum\_Butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e79b87/32.png) [@Quantum\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quantum_Butterfly)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-pluot/180022/3 "2003-06-06T06:21:57Z")

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Pluots are actually pretty good, IIRC. Had one either last summer or the one before. They look like plums on steroids.

The hybrid fruit I want to try is one I read about in the latest issue of Cooking Light; a mango-nectarine. Now that sounds good! Needs a better name though… mangarine?

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-pluot/180022/4 "2003-06-06T07:01:43Z")

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…Eh.

It seems that in crossing two fruits, they left out the best qualities of each. It had neither the richness of a plum nor the distinctive texture of an apricot. It was like an off-brand fruit.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-pluot/180022/5 "2003-06-06T07:03:13Z")

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**Quantum Butterfly** : Nectango!

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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-pluot/180022/6 "2003-06-06T07:39:15Z")

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Was it actually ripe?

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-pluot/180022/7 "2003-06-06T07:50:23Z")

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Yes, it was.