apricot
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Under good weather conditions, he said, a single apricot tree can yield up to 500 kilograms.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Bottle bio: Accented with peach, apricot, acacia, and floral notes, this sparkling variety hails from the cool-climate of California’s Anderson Valley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
But the King seemed to enjoy some of the less usual beers on offer, including one with an apricot flavour.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
It also offers a variety of seeds for black, white, purple, Cleveland and hummingbird sages, as well as apricot mallow, showy penstemon, yarrow, California poppies, caterpillar phacelia and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
The evening sky was awash with peach, apricot, cream: tender little ice-cream clouds in a wide orange sky.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Cultivated for millennia, Armenia's famed apricots were known to ancient Romans as the "Armenian apple."
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Cherries and other stone fruits, including apricots and plums, require a certain number of cold hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
For added flair, you can include fruits like grapes or dried apricots, nuts like almonds or pecans and dips or toppings like fig jam and honey.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025
Coronation chicken sandwiches are made with dried apricots or sultanas, too.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
There were stewed apricots and five or six different cheeses including of course the ever-present gjetost, that tall brown rather sweet Norwegian goat’s cheese which you find on just about every table in the land.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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