UNPRECEDENTED HARVEST OF APRICOT EXPECTED THIS YEAR

YEREVAN, JUNE 17, NOYAN TAPAN. An unprecedented harvest of apricot
is expected this year. As Garnik Petrosian, the Chief of the
Planting Department the Ministry of Agriculture informed the Noyan
Tapan correspondent, according to prelimenary accounting, 60-70
thousand tons of apricot are expected to get from about 5 hectares
of gardens. It was mentioned that unprecedented harvest of fruit:
particularly it is expected to get 40-50 thousand tons of fruit
from 3 126 hectares of peach gardens. 70-80 thousand tons of apple
and about 5 thousand tons of cherry are also expected to gather this
year. Garnik Petrosian stated that 9 tons of apricot had already been
exported. It was mentioned that the exported apricot was procured at
an average price of 600 drams (about 1.4 US dollars) for one kilogram.