| Apricots originated on the
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| | producing trees, but a recent national
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| Russian-Chinese border in about 3000 BC
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| | market for flowering trees, Prunus mume,
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| and were imported along with peach seed
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| | has rapidly developed, because of the
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| into Europe through the "Silk Road" that
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| | abundant white, pink, or red flowers that
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| extended camelback trading to the
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| | can appear as early as the winter in some
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| Mideast. The fruit grows as an escaped
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| | in some areas of the United States. The
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| naturalized plant along modern roadsides
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| | trees should be planted for growing, 20
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| in Turkey and Armenia today in abundant
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| | to 25 feet apart, further apart than
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| numbers. Apricots were known in ancient
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| | peach trees.
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| Greece in 60 BC and later introduced into
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| | A number of flowering apricot trees,
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| the Roman Empire. The apricot trees are
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| | Prunus mume, are available commercially,
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| believed to have arrived in the early
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| | the ?Matsubara Red' that blooms in late
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| American colonies in seed form for
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| | winter with double dark-red apricot
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| growing into fruit trees by the French
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| | flowers; ?Peggy Clarke' early rose red
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| explorers of the 1700's in Gulf regions
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| | flowering in spring; ?Rosemary Clarke,'
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| and in the Eastern United States and at
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| | flowering white in early spring and
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| California monasteries by Spanish
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| | Weeping Apricot ?W.B. Clarke' pink
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| explorers and missionaries.
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| | flowering in January.
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| The apricot, Prunus armeniaca L., has a
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| | The fruit of the apricot is round with a
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| distinctive taste and no other fruit has
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| | prominent rib on the side, varying in
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| a flavor to match it. Fresh apricots
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| | color from yellow to orange, and a
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| picked directly from the trees are
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| | reddish random overlay. The pulp is
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| delicious, if a person is fortunate
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| | usually yellow, but some apricot
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| enough to live close to an apricot tree
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| | cultivars may be white. A large grafted
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| orchard. Canners of the apricot fruit
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| | apricot tree may bear a few fruits the
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| have supplied national markets reliably
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| | first year, but most trees begin to bear
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| with tasty tree-ripened apricots. The
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| | when two years old. Some orchadists thin
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| most important market for apricot fruit
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| | out the apricot fruits to every six
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| developed from the exceptional quality,
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| | inches to increase the individual fruit
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| when the aromatic apricot is dried.
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| | size, and harvesting mature apricot
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| The apricot tree is beautiful in the
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| | trees, begins in May and concludes in
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| landscape and can grow to a large size
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| | July.
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| and to a great age, as the massive root
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| | The apricot fruit has a short shelf-life
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| system extends in giant growth explosions
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| | in grocery stores of 1 to 2 weeks, and
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| each year, growing further from the
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| | the healthy benefits of apricots are
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| trunk. The apricot tree is very healthy
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| | many-from Vitamin A, Vitamin B1, Vitamin
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| and vigorous and appears to be resistant
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| | B2, Vitamin C, Niacin, to the minerals
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| to most disease and insect problems, as
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| | Phosphorus, Potassium, Calcium, and Iron.
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| it produces more and more substantial
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| | The most important cultivars of apricots
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| crops of fruit each year as the tree
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| | are Blenheim (Royal), Tilton, Perfection,
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| matures. The apricot tree can be grown in
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| | Moorpark, and Early Golden. California
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| extensive areas of the Eastern and
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| | grows 94% of the United States apricots
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| Central United States and were well
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| | and Turkey grows 21% of the world
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| northward; however, the cold hardiness of
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| | commercial supply.
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| the tree itself is verifiable, but early
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| | Luther Burbank, the famous botanist and
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| frosts can damage the fruit.
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| | plant hybridizer wrote in his book Fruit
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| Eating the pits of apricots has become a
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| | Improvement in 121 a chapter that
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| controversial topic in national health
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| | discussed the hybridization of plumcot, a
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| debates and law enforcement. Various
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| | cross between the apricot Prunus
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| groups have promoted an extract,
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| | armeniaca and the Plum Prunus.
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| laetrile, of almond pits as being a
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| | Several hybrids resulted from these
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| cancer cure; however, a number of people
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| | crosses that contained the blending of
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| have died from the deadly poison,
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| | the general characteristics of both
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| cyanide, including the famous actor Steve
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| | fruits. Some hybrids offspring had
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| McQueen. The American Cancer Society
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| | characteristics directed more toward the
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| states that the cure won't work, and the
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| | apricot fruit, and other hybrids were
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| selling of these substances has been
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| | inclined toward the plum parent. Several
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| declared illegal, and some of the
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| | "plumcots" have been made available to
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| advocates were arrested and jailed. Other
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| | the backyard gardener market that
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| promoters of these products have fled to
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| | demonstrate great cold hardiness,
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| Mexico to promote the toxins there by
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| | juiciness, and a rich, sweet flavor.
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| mailorder and personal appointments.
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| | Recent hybrids of apricots have appread,
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| Apricot trees normally are reduced in
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| | the "aprium" that is 75% apricot and 25%
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| height to 12 feet by pruning, but the
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| | plum; the "pluot" that is 75% plum and
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| trees can grow to 45 feet at maturity.
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| | 25% apricot, and the "plumcot" that is
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| The apricot trees are best known as fruit
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| | 50% of each parent.
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