Armeniaca sibirica seed

LATIN NAME: Armeniaca sibirica

COMMON NAME: Siberian Apricot

The Siberian apricot holds the round, orange fruits with the fine, downy skins, the broad leaves and the small, pink or white flowers, and the whole tree carries the fine, neat look of the fruit garden. The hardy, spreading, deciduous tree carries the broad, oval, pointed, toothed leaves and the small, pink or white, five-petalled flowers, opening before the leaves through the early spring, one of the fine, quiet sights of the fruit garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the round, downy, orange or yellowish fruits with the single, smooth, flattened stone. The ripe fruits have a very long record as the fine, early fruits of the cool gardens, and the tree is a fine, historic presence of the fruit garden. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, rich, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Siberian apricot is a historic subject of the plant science, and the smooth, flattened stones keep showing up in the work on the stone-fruit trees. The way the round, downy, orange or yellowish fruits with the single, smooth, flattened stone form on the broad leaves has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the stone-fruit trees, the toothed leaves and the members of the rose family. The flattened stones and the hardy habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the Siberian apricot is a regular subject of the work on the smooth, flattened stones of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The Siberian apricot is a fine, quiet tree of the fruit garden and the study collection. The small, pink or white, five-petalled flowers open before the leaves through the early spring, one of the fine, quiet sights of the fruit garden, drawing the bees, and the ripe fruits have a very long record as the fine, early fruits of the cool gardens, the ripe apricots coming to the fresh plates, the jams, the dried fruits and the fine, sweet preserves of the old kitchens, while the broad, oval, pointed, toothed leaves carry the fine, neat look of the fruit garden, to be followed by the round, downy, orange or yellowish fruits with the single, smooth, flattened stone. It is one of the fine choices for the fruit garden, the orchard and the study collection, and it has been written about in the culinary and the horticultural papers for the early fruits and the very long history. It is a fine, quiet tree of the open, sunny, deep, rich, well-drained garden.

The apricot seeds need a period of cold, so give them a cold frame or a cool, bright spot through the winter, keeping the tray lightly moist. The young trees are hardy once they root, and they take the deep, rich, well-drained ground of the open garden well.

To grow the Siberian apricot from seed, sow the large, flat, brown seeds singly a centimetre down in the tray of fine, sandy soil, keep the tray in a cold frame or a bright, cool spot and water gently, then pot the young trees on as they fill the pot. The seedlings thread up within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, rich, well-drained ground, the early flowers will open over the years.