Apricot Tree

Description: According to Wikipedia American tank-driving soldiers will not eat apricots, allow apricots onto their vehicles and ... more

Apricot Tree ... often will not even say the word "apricot". This superstition stems from Sherman tank breakdowns purportedly happening in the presence of cans of apricots.

Newest Review: ... America and the Mediterranean region. Contrary to what most people assume, Apricots are native to a continental climate, meaning that they can endure winters with temperatures even lower then -30 C The only problem is that since they tend to flower quite early, spring frosts are very damaging. Apricots are smaller then a peach and are a yellow/orange color, slightly red, depending on how ... more

... much sun they get. They belong to the subgenus prunus along with the plum. The seed is encased in a hard shell, but if cracked the seed (depending on where it was cultivated) is quite sweet, and tastes similar to an almond, it even has the same app...more

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Apricot Tree: Shriveled bits of goodness! (783 words)
by - written on 16/12/08 (Very useful, 197 readings)
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Have you ever eaten a fresh apricot? Well I'm sure most have us have eaten this fruit at some stage in our life, but I would hazard a guess that most likely It was dried and packaged, with a nice cheery picture of shriveled up fruit on the cover. I have always loved apricots and recently I befriended a Iranian women, who I met at a trade fair in Frankfurt, she gave me a pack of Iranian dried apricots. They were a completely different fruit then the one that I had been used to in Europe. They were a dark brown color, and my God the flavor was incredible, it turns out that the reason that we have yellow apricots is because it is treated with sulfur dioxide in ... Read the complete review