The apricot tree is heat-loving, with powerful roots, reaches a height of over 8 meters, lives 40-60 years. Its leaves are elliptical – shiny, dark green above and dull green below, the flowers – white or pink.

The fruit is fleshy, with a flattened stone, the nut of which people have long used as a substitute for almonds. A characteristic furrow divides the fruit into 2 parts. The color of a ripe apricot is pale yellow to orange, some varieties are mossy. The first apricots ripen in June, and the late ones in August.

For normal development and fruiting, a temperature sum of not less than 2800°C is necessary during the growing season. During the natural winter dormancy, apricot tolerates low temperatures up to -27-28°C, but at positive temperatures of 10-12°C at the beginning of winter dormancy, its resistance to low winter temperatures decreases.

In order to obtain a regular and normal yield, the apricot requires irrigation. The total amount of water that plants use for transpiration and evaporates from the soil from one acre of area, at normal plant density in one year is 650-700 cubic meters.