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The beauty of all fruits apricot
DO YOU KNOW THAT
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Beside China and Middle Esia, Anatolia is the
homeland of APRICOT
Kamelya
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Of 1,750 apricot varieties in the whole world,
300 are endemic to MALATYA, making it the
apricot capital of the world
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Famous Golden Apples, as referred in
mythological texts of Greek , in deed is APRICOT
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Many apricot cultivars grown in any parts of the
world today, in fact were brought there many
centuries ago from their main homeland ANATOLIA
Hekimhan-Kursunlu
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Apricot is called The Golden Egg of Sun in
Persia and Egypt
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Apricot is more commonly known as mismis in
Malatya, its main homeland
Apricot flowers
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The word root of mismis is Arabic in origin
Immature apricot fruit
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Most consumers have no knowledge of nutritional
value and exceptional fragrance of this fruit
Hacihaliloglu cultivar
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It is told that seeing apricot in ones dream,
will bring a good news, while seeing it eating is
the fortune for the future
Çataloglu cultivar
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In India, for the sour test in salads, sun-dried
apricot is preferred to vinegar.
Dr. Asma
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Being a rich source of vitamin E, apricot seed
oil is the juvenile boost for the skin and makes
ones dry skin a baby-soft beauty
Alyanak
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The highest quality of liqueur owes its best
fragarence and aroma to the Tokaloglu Apricot,
an apricot cultivar grown only in Anatolia
Agerik cultivar
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Armenian masters of wind instruments (i.e. Zurna
and duduk) preferred pipes made of apricot tree
branches
44-2005-01
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The pollen of Hacihaliloglu apricot variety, X
5000 in SEM
Now a famous celebrity for the man who made
apricot cries Djivan Gasparyan debuted his
Apricots from Eden albume in New York in 1996
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Turkey houses 16 million apricot trees while this
figure is 59 million for the rest of the world
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Turkey has pocketed in a respected 2.5 billion
USD from apricot export in last two decades
Apricot seeds
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The richest source of vitamin A among fruits is
in dry apricot (130 IU/gram)
A harvest from a far away village
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MALATYA is known the apricot capital of the
world, a certainly deserved crown
Drying apricots
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The worlds famous brand name cosmetics bears
apricot seed oil as one of their main ingredients
Various apricot products
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An equal serving of dry apricot has 4-fold higher
vitamin and mineral level than that of honey
Dr. Asma
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Apricot tree in Autumn
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