Floyd Zaiger

Floyd Zaiger (1926- ) is a biologist who is most noted for his work in fruit genetics. He also founded Zaiger's Genetics.

He was born in Nebraska and grew-up in Iowa.

He spent his life in the pursuit of the perfect fruit. Zaiger was often distraught with the limited and simplistic nature of the produce section. It troubled him on a daily basis, until it came to him; this world needs a new fruit, an incredible fruit, comprising two already great fruits: the plum and the apricot. Finally, after decades of careful testing and tasting, he created the now great dinosaur PluotŪ(plew-ought).