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Apricots
Varieties Apricots can be grown throughout the Hill Country, but they crop far less predictably than peaches or plums. Chilling requirements are usually within the ranges found throughout the area, but they bloom in response to very few warm days after dormancy has been broken. As a result, apricot crops are frequently lost to spring frost. Even in years without frost, apricots may not set many fruit. It appears that the temperatures necessary for flower fertilization is far more specific than for peaches or plums. Ideal years of sustained cool temperatures followed by mild spring days may result in fruit set on some varieties and not on others. |