Apricot crop

[Horsefly]

I had a surprise crop of apricots. Wasn’t much blooming but man did it load up. This is too south for them but was a weird spring. I never spray the tree just because outta about 10 years this is the second time the tree had fruit. 3 years ago there was a big crop and a worm in every one. This year not one single worm so far. The squirrels didn’t hit them but had to fight blue jays, mockingbirds and house finches for my share. 

[Dr.Hess]

Wow, that's a lot.  And I'm surprised that they came in so early.  At least for us, it would be very early.  I have an apple tree and 2 peach trees.  We had a few peaches last year, like 2 on one tree and more on the other that never ripened, and a bunch of apples.  It was the first time for a decent apple crop from that tree for us and we planted it about 20 years ago.  I see nothing growing on anything this year.  We had some late freezes after the blooms were already out, and I think that did them in.  But, I suck at farming.

 

[Horsefly]

The apricots being early is the reason this isn’t good area for apricots and apples. We normally have spring like weather a couple weeks in February then hard freezes 1st of March. Supposedly Texas A&M bred a variety of apricots for North Texas, but I’ve not seen them. There’s apples that do ok here, but I don’t care for them. Bitter green apples like Granny Smith but still not as good. I’m too far south for rhubarb, cherries,apples and apricots. I put this post under Hobbies because most stuff I grow goes to cows and goats because yuppie townies don’t can or freeze produce or even cook. 

[FC]

Boy, those look good! Reminds me of Austria, where they really grew. They make apricot liqueur, which is really tasty.