"James Silverton" > wrote in message
>
> I have a theory that you have to live where the fruit is grown. I've
> hardly ever had a fresh apricot in the Eastern US that was worth eating.
> Come to think of it, I prefer dried apricots too :-)
>

Good theory. I like dried, by wife likes fresh. She grew up with a fig
tree. The ones in the store, aside from being very expensive, are not
nearly as good as fresh from the tree she tells me.