TOPICAL ISSUES OF THE STUDY OF ORDINARY APRICOT (PRUNUS ARMENIACA L.) IN THE FOREST-STEPPEZONE OF UKRAINE

It is determined the relevance of the study of ordinary apricot from the Central Asian group in order to obtain dried fruit in the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine. The kinds and forms of the Central Asian group bear smaller, but high-sugar fruit. It is important to notice nowadays markets and supermarkets offer dried apricots imported from Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Turkey, Iran and other countries. The process of introduction of subtropical fruit crops P. armeniaca.was started in Khorol botanical garden. There is the sort P. armeniaca, belonging to the Central Asian group (September dried apricot) grown in Uzbekistan. The height of the experimental tree is above seven meters, its crown consists of four skeleton branches, its trunk diameter is fourteen meters. In 2021 it was in blossom at the beginning of May. This sort grown in the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine is characterized by bearing regular fruits. It is being planning to study the biochemical content of the fruits, their sugar content and dry content and producing dried fruits. In 2020 it was taken the sample of Kyrgyz apricot for science experiment of introduction P. armeniaca. Its fruits are fleshy. During drying they are practically stored as whole fruits. This apricot sort grown in Kyrgyzstan is characterized by dehydration and drying in the trees. It gives an opportunity to get dried apricots by natural way.