Wikipedia:Picture of the day/March 23, 2005

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Apricots

Apricots originated in northeastern China near the Russian border, not in Armenia as their scientific name, Prunus armeniaca, suggests. Although they had spread as far as Armenia by the time the Romans introduced them into Europe around 70 BC.

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