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Apricot trees will start to fruit between the age of two to four. So, if you have a newly planted, young apricot tree, don't ...

The team decided to employ a series of processing technologies - now patented - to crack the stone pits, extract plum, cherry and apricot kernerls and obtain valuable oils, protein powders and milk.