What is a apricot

The apricot is a fruit related to the peach and the plum. It grows on a tree that looks very much like a peach tree, but its blossoms are more like those the plum tree. The skin of the apricot is not as fuzzy as that of the peach. It is also a little more orange in color than the peach.

The fruit is rather stringy, and not quite as juicy as the peach or the plum. The apricot is believed to have been first grown in China. Now it is grown in warm climates all over the world. The apricot blooms in early spring, and the fruit becomes ripe in late summer or early autumn. Only about one-third of the apricots grown are eaten as fresh fruit. Most of the crop is dried or canned. Apricots are good for you, because they are rich in iron and vitamin A.