On 2014-07-14 09:37:37 +0000, Chris Hogg said:

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In ignorance, I would have assumed that apricots require much the same
treatment as peaches, i.e. fan or espalier trained on a sunny wall,
which is not unusual in the UK.

Well, according to Shakespeare they grew here in Richard II's time, so
they've been around a while! ;-)
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