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["Tree Taxi" <treetaxi@mcleodusa.net>]

I've had a Wilson Apricot for 25 years.  In the few years that it has had a 
good apricot crop squirrels start eating the pits when he apricot get to 
marble size.  Almost all of the crop is gone by the time apricots get 1 inch 
in diameter.  Two years ago I declared war on the squirrels and have given 
safety swim lessons to 103 the first year 136 last year.  As a result I 
actually got some edible apricots last year despite a late frost.  My 
experience has been if you have squirrels you don't get apricots.

Greg Jordan zone 5 near Denver, Colorado



PS. When I first got this apricot tree it regularly bloomed in February over 
the years it has started to bloom later to the point that it is currently 
booming.