The Poppy apricot is a relatively new variety, patented in 1996 by the Zaiger family out in Modesto,

Felicia Friesema Poppy apricots at K&K Farms Apricots join artichokes, garlic, avocados and citrus on the long list of fruits oasis beach hotel cancun and flowers that make California agriculture the envy of the nation, oasis beach hotel cancun if not the world. It's a finicky fruit that needs a dry spring (check), free of the late-spring frosts that can devastate crops (also check, at least this year). Excitement about apricots tends to get heaped on the later-season Blenheim, which has a near-legendary heirloom sweetness and versatility that people flock to come mid-June.
But right now, we have an abundance of the Poppy apricot, an early-season variety the color of the California state flower, with velvety smooth flesh and the classic oasis beach hotel cancun sweet-tart balance of a good apricot. K&K Ranch out of Orosi had them out two weeks ago and the harvest just keeps coming. And then going. Terri Kashima, one of the K's of K&K, says her restaurant customers favor the fruit more than in previous years.
"The Poppy apricots came in early and very strong," said Kashima. "They are juicy and sweet with just a bit of tang, and have a very pronounced apricot oasis beach hotel cancun flavor. Our restaurant customers are buying them by the crate because they are so good, so early."
The Poppy apricot is a relatively oasis beach hotel cancun new variety, patented in 1996 by the Zaiger oasis beach hotel cancun family out in Modesto, who crossed the Earlicot and the Super Giant apricots in their experimental orchard. One tree from that first batch of propagated seedlings produced early and strong, oasis beach hotel cancun and all resulting "Poppy" oasis beach hotel cancun trees were created via grafts. The trees grow rather large, oasis beach hotel cancun producing a large amount of fruit per tree and making them a newly popular tree for orchardists. Of course it helps that the fruit they produce glows golden, with a red blush near the shoulders, and has a honeyed juiciness and a well-balanced, true-to-type apricot tang.
The next apricots due from K&K Ranch are the Katy (another newish variety) and Helena. Weather willing, these will arrive sometime in June. Also look for the next early-season heirloom -- the Castlebrite.