Overview

U.S. apricot production fell to 65,500 tons in 2010 but was valued at $47.5 million. The value of fresh production accounted for 67 percent of this total, while the remaining 33 percent consisted of processed apricots (NASS 2011).

Over 90 percent of the apricots grown in the United States come from California. The remaining 10 percent of total U.S. apricot production comes from Washington and from Utah.  April 2011 ... Apricots


Other Links

• Apricot, Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center, University of California.
• The Apricot: An Early Summer Fruit, Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA, 2004.
• Apricot King Orchards, Hollister, California - This orchard has been a family-run orchard business since 1947. The operation farms 130 acres of apricots, walnuts, prunes and cherries. Their specialty is Blenheim apricots from which they produce dried cots, jams and syrups.
• Apricot Producers of California.
• California Apricot Council.
• Fruits and Tree Nuts, ERS, USDA.
• Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook, ERS, USDA, 2010.
• Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS), Foreign Ag Service (FAS), USDA, 2010.
• Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), USDA, 2011.
• PlantFacts, Ohio State University - This Web site provides a full-text search engine of all extension and academic department information from all land-grant universities in the United States. Additionally, there are significant image and video databases, a FAQ database and a glossary.
• Stone Fruit: World Markets and Trade, FAS, USDA.
• U.S. per capita food availability, ERS, USDA.
• United States Standards for Grades of Dehydrated Apricots, 1974.

Links checked April 2011.