Syringe the foliage with water daily. Give full ventilation at leaf fall to induce complete dormancy. Protect outdoor blossom from frost by draping remay over the trees at night, removing this by day to allow pollinating insects to work. Assist pollination under glass by hand. Remove the blossom the first season.
Fruit forms both on young wood and old spurs.
Maintain a proportion of each. Shorten the leaders by half to two-thirds after planting, laterals to a few inches. Subsequently, shorten the leaders annually by one-third. Test for stoning by pressing a pin into a few fruitlets. Defer picking until the apricots are well colored, ripe and part readily from the spurs without tearing.