I picked these the other day in the backyard – three little apricots. The stone fruit trees in the backyard aren’t producing much of anything this year (the former tenants told me about lack of production a couple of months ago), and I wonder if it’s because the spring flowers bloomed primarily on the suckers instead of on the more main branches; suckers don’t seem to be able to provide enough sustenance for fruit, they are so thin and spindly. We will prune again in the late summer (trees like apricots can be pruned mid-season), most likely, or at least into fall. Next year I hope there is a bumper crop!
(I did check on the fig trees – which lean over onto the property from neighboring yards – and I think there will be a ton of figs! Hoping the birds don’t eat them all…)
Anyway, just wanted to show off these gorgeous specimens. They are shaped differently from most apricots I’ve seen – these are much more round than I’m accustomed to. I wonder what kind of variety they are? Whatever they are, they’re delicious! I’ve eaten them at lunch for the past couple of days and they really brighten the second half of the day.
