1. Apricots Chapter 21

2. Production The lowest production of the all stone fruits produced in the US. This is due to a very early bloom. The top producing countries in the world are: Turkey, Spain, Italy, France, & Greece. The US produces 170 – 200 million lbs. per year which is only 4% of the world market

3. Yields California avg. is 3 ½ to 4 ½ tons per acre. 1/3 to ½ of yields are for fresh market the rest go to processing.

4. Fruit and Tree growth habits Small trees that grow 25’ tall. They can grow for 30 to 40 years. They come into production in their 4 th. Leaf. Fruit on spurs. Zaiger’s produced a hybrid, Aprium TM which is ¾ Apricot and ¼ Japanese plum.

5. Site Selection & Preparation Choose the most frost free site available. Apricots are very adaptable to soil types. pH of the soil between 6.0 to 8.5

6. Rootstocks

7. Choosing Cultivars

8. Orchard layout and planting Page 432

9. Orchard floor management, irrigation, & fertilizers.

10. Insects - Mites Brown Mite eggs & adultEuropean Red mite

11. Obliquebanded leafroller

12. Shothole borer

13. Peach twig borer

14. Katydids AdultNymphs

15. Diseases – Phytophthora root & Crown rot

16. Crown gall

17. Oak root fungus

18. Brown rot

19. Verticillium wilt