Apricots small and hard and never ripened

We have 5 apricot trees. Last year was the first year to flower and the fruit was really small and it stayed hard until it fell off the tree, never ripened.

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#1 Comment By theficuswrangler On 04/21/2014 @ 2:41 pm

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