Introducing Golden Velvet Apricots

by Dorothy Reinhold on June 14, 2013


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New in the produce section and only here for a few short, sweet weeks in June, Golden Velvet Apricots are beckoning those of us in the “stone fruit club.”

You know who you are if you’re in that club. You wait all year until the first peaches, apricots, nectarines, plums and other stone fruits show up in the markets and stores. You sigh with relief when you hear it is going to be a good year for them, that Mother Nature has cooperated, that temperatures were not too high, nor too low, but conditions just right to produce the drippiest, sweetest, more delectable dessert fruit of all time.

Golden Velvet Apricots on Shockingly DeliciousThese have a golden background burnished with red, and a velvety skin. I so enthusiastically slurped mine while eating that I embarrassed my son. (I guess everything I do embarrasses him these days.) No matter…I give you permission to slurp away!

Golden Velvet Apricots on Shockingly DeliciousIn the greater Los Angeles area, you might have success finding the Golden Velvet Apricots  at Bristol Farms, along with the infamous and delicious Black Velvet Apricots, as well as Lemon Apricots and Blue Apricots. It’s an apricot extravaganza!

Catch these while they are in season, just this month. They’re grown in California at Kingsburg Orchards and are sold loose, at about $3.99 per pound.

Golden Velvet Apricots from Melissa's ProduceMelissa’s Produce sent the apricots for review.

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Paula June 15, 2023 at 7:53 am

These are wonderful. Could they be grown in zone 10a?

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Dorothy Reinhold June 22, 2023 at 10:45 pm

Paula,
I am not sure! Please ask a master gardener in your area!

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