Farmers Markets: It’s prime time for apricots
Forget the mediocre early choices. Prime varieties are sweet and flavorful, and extend beyond even the Blenheim.
After a month of mediocre early-season apricots, the prime varieties, sweet, juicy and flavorful, are here or will be soon. Beyond the celebrated Blenheim, there are other worthwhile varieties, and a few are even better. Here are the leading apricots and apricot-like hybrids, in order of ripening, rated on a scale of 1 to 10 for flavor. The crop is about a week early this year and looks good in size and quality
Fruit Link advises all customers to know how apricot used as normally dried, ripe into pastry or used as jam. It is fine to consume apricots before meal as it is tremendous indigestion. It is also used as a medicine for fever. Mix a honey with apricots, mineral water to get relaxed from fever to get relaxed from fever
Editor: Basem Sobhy