For me, the question would be
- how it holds up to the cold rains of springtime, common in the Pacific Northwest, that brings blossom blast and kills all the young fruit,
- can it delay flowering so it won't get tricked by a mid-length warm spell between those cold rains, and
- how does it handle other disease, like canker.
I'v heard that plouts are better on all those counts, compared to apriums. If I wasn't Haphard Homestead, I'd be Running Plum Farms, because plums do so well here. But apricots are a real challenge for folks that don't want to spray every week, all winter and spring.
So I'm interested in your strange stone fruit creations, lol. But I want them to be easy guests! ; ) Enjoy your fruit, every bite! :D
Check out raintreenursery.com They're in WA state and have some great choices for the rainy NW.
That's where I've gotten a lot of my fruit trees - Raintree and One Green World. For peaches, the Curlfree peach and the Charlotte peach have allowed me to grow peaches without spraying. And a lot of plums do great. But we are all still searching for a good PNW apricot!