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What is white apricot?

White apricot is a special type of apricot. Its skin color and flesh color are both white, so it can be called white apricot. White apricots have been cultivated for more than two thousand years. However, there is no introduction in the field of agricultural history about the initial period of white apricot cultivation. Many classics only introduce that white apricots existed in ancient times, and they only introduce that because the color is slightly lighter than pure yellow, they are actually milky white apricots. The earliest historical book recording white apricots is "Xijing Miscellanies", which records that there are two kinds of apricots in Shanglin Garden built by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It refers to the type of apricots rather than the varieties. The two types are white apricots and yellow apricots. Another kind. Later, "Guangji" (written in the 2nd century BC) recorded white apricots. The "Nongzheng Complete Book" quoted an article from "Xijing Miscellaneous Notes" saying: "A Han emperor's apricot, Ziyang white apricot, is white or slightly yellow in color when ripe. , the taste is sweet and light but not bitter. "The white apricot fruits introduced here are divided into pure white and slightly yellow.