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Spring Blossoms
We took a ride out in our 57 acre orchard last night. The apricots are in full …
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2025 Update
Recovering from a record smashing Holiday Season.We thank our staff who pulled …
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2024 FRESH BLENHEIMS
FINAL AND LAST PICK WILL BE SUNDAY JULY 21.THAT'S STRETCHING IT A BIT....BUT …
About ApricotKing
Since 1946, the Gonzales family has grown the rare and fabulous California Blenheim apricots. Grown on our Hollister ranch, we continue to be the farmer, pruner, dryer, packer, and seller of the vanishing Blenheim apricot. We produce the best tasting apricots in the world all "Home Grown in the Flavor Zone"!
In addition to our incredible dried apricots, be sure to discover our variety of nuts (walnuts, pistachios, almonds) and other dried fruits (peaches, pears, prunes, and more). For those who believe less is more, we have dark and delicious unsulfured dried apricots. And don't forget our sweet and tart selection of apricot jams and syrups as well as our decadent chocolate covered fruits and nuts. Simply delicious! Everything here on the ranch is organically grown.
Enjoy!
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AK News
New Farmers Market June 3rd thru September
Apricotking will be at the NEW Farmers market in Mountain View. Hope to see you there....Time: Thursday, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm June thru SeptemberLocation: California St. & Bryant, Mountain View, CA. 94041
Jumbo Pears Back in Stock
Ahhhhhhh...at last..... our Jumbo Barlette Pears are back in stock.Did you know pears have more fiber than even prunes?Delicious and sweet......order away.
Sadly out of SLABS
We've run out of our best seller: SLABS.Everyone has recognized that these are the sweeeeetest of all the Blenheims.Overripe-paper thin and requiring the most effort to produce,these cots are sold out for the season.Now it's up to the pickers......the key to slabs is to pick them when they're fully ripe.
When will the Fresh Blenheims be ready??????
This is the question we get several times a day.Here's our prediction......June 24th.Hollister Blenheims are the ones worth waiting for!The crop will be stupendous. Over 100 tons fresh.Wish us well.......We'll keep you posted.No....we don't allow you pick.No....we never mail or ship fresh apricots.Yes....you can get them at the ranch or at the Farmer's Markets.No later [...]
Pears
We've been out of our jumbo pears for a few weeks now.But the end may be near. Look for the pears to reappearon our website in a week. Around the 25th of May.
We're sold out of a few things:
We're out of the following items:LeathersUnsulphured ApricotsSlippitsJumbosSlabs Expecting a huge crop in July. Over 100 tons fresh. With any luck, they'll be back in stock in August.
Almond Toffee is Back !!!
Our scrumptiously rich Toffee is back! Who will you share this Gourmet Almond Toffee with?
Time for thinning
The blossoms have fallen and we went through the red bud stage.Now we need to thin. There's tons of baby cots on the trees. Butwe don't want tons of baby cots. We want to thin them out.That way the growth will go to the remaining apricots. Basically we're knocking fruit on the ground.......making less fruit but [...]
OOOPS.....I take that back.
There are 10 cases left of the immensely popular slippits. I have to label them GOURMET SLIPPITS.They are the largest of the large slippits. We weren't exactly sure how to package them. But here they are and they are IMPRESSIVE.
Sadness alert: The SlipPits are depleted.
Sorry to report that we' re completely out of slippits.The last of them went out the door today.They're my favorites too.........and we always sell out first on these.We'll make tons more by the end of summer.......gotta be huge and ripe to become a slippit.We are pinning our hopes on our newest orchard of 39 acres [...]