Every summer these days there's some new fruit at the store made by partnering apricots or plums with other fruit. I love both, and a real tree-ripened apricot is without a doubt my favorite fruit in the world. But they're so perishable that there's almost no such thing as a good apricot unless you have your own tree, so cot fiends like me must make do, and these new fruits are irresistable. They are at the very least a way of living the fruit version of "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with."
My favorite so far has been the green-and-orange skinned mango-apricot of two summers ago, though last summer's Flavorellas were outstanding. This year's new find is white apricots, also dubbed Angelcots. I have no idea what the partner fruit is, but surely it's white peach or white nectarine. Very pale light yellow color inside and out, with a surprisingly vivid apricot flavor (paler is not lesser, IOW) that's not-so-surprisingly sweeter than a typical apricot. Pretty good!
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