‘Estrella’ and ‘Sublime’ are mid–early ripening apricot cultivars (Prunus armeniaca L.) with optimal productivity levels, excellent fruit quality, and an attractive color. Although ‘Estrella’ and ‘Sublime’ are both self-incompatible, they are intercompatible cultivars. Bloom dates are very coincident and they can be planted together for successful pollination. Their fruits have excellent organoleptic characteristics, and both cultivars have a free stone and an orange skin ground color, extensive red blush, and orange flesh color, which make them very attractive

This work has been financed with several projects of the ‘‘Plan Nacional de I+D’’ of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology from 1985, the last one entitled ‘‘Mejora Gene´tica del Albaricoquero’’ (AGL2007-60694)

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