Puester wrote:

> and one of our apricot trees is in full bloom. I took my grandson
> out int he yard to see it yesterday and it was glorious, every branch
> lined thickly with blossoms, and bees all over the place.
>
> So it's snowing and the temperature is dropping rapidly. That's a
> good sign that there won't be any fruit on the trees this year, either
> so I'll have to buy fruit for jam. Dang. I don't think we've had a
> crop since 1998.

Dang, that's a major problem with apricots. They will survive our southern
Ontario winters but they bloom early and do not take kindly to cold
weather during or after blooming.