apricot

Apricots are one of the major treats of New Mexico summers.  I would plant a couple of apricot trees here if I could be sure that they were getting enough water while they were getting established, because the combination of soil and climate almost always ensures a wonderful crop.  One summer - 2002, I think it must have been - I was in a rental house with an apricot tree in the back yard, which meant that I (and a family of skunks) had a ready supply ... This was from last week's Farmers Market (I'm surprised it remains uneaten: I will remedy that), and is sitting in a spotted bowl that I bought in, I think, 2007, in Charleston.