The beauty of growing golden Katy apricots is matched only by the sweet taste, and pleasant aroma of the freshly picked apricots. The Katy Apricot tree is extremely productive and the fruit is boxed up by growers during early Summer for shipment to grocery markets.  Because the Katy apricot contains lots of sugar, it is a valuable fruit for drying to be eaten in the future, when no fresh fruit is available. TyTy Nursery in South Georgia has successfully grown it's own Katy apricots that ripen fully in June, a rare apricot cultivar that you can buy that fruits freely in the South. The apricot was well known as an orchard fruit in ancient civilizations from Egypt to Babylon.