The Moorpark Apricot ripens in late June or early July, just the right time to eat fresh at engagement parties or marriage receptions. As the Moorpark apricots ripen in Summer the fruit enlarges into golden skin with red highlights and a tasty sweet interior pulp.Ancient civilizations planted apricot trees near their temples and places of worship, where feasts and celebrating worshipers could eat the fresh apricots freely from the trees shade.