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Story: Stone fruit and the summerfruit industry

Clutha Star apricots

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Clutha Star apricots

Clutha Star is an apricot cultivar, released by HortResearch in 1990 as the result of a 20-year breeding programme. The fruit are an attractive orange, are quite large (70–80 grams), store well and taste good.

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Marie Dawkins, Stone fruit and the summerfruit industry – Commercial production, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18846/clutha-star-apricots (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Marie Dawkins, published 1 March 2009.