Royal imported from France and Blenheim introduced from England - are almost identical at most locations

http://books.google.com/books?id=qCcaacE8--MC&pg=PA254&lpg=PA254&dq=apricot+nancy+royal+louis+XVIII&source=web&ots=800E8crfJT&sig=JbR7sWTPACU318Ta2Rz5zkDm1o4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA257,M1

pg 257-8

Nancy, the cultivar to which a number of excellent cultivars can be traced, was noticed near Nancy, France and was originally described as De Nancy in 1755

Royal 1808

French origin, discovered by M. Hervy, seedling of Nancy, named by King Louis XVIII, France


Blenhein - another great English cultivar - originally called Shipley's, was introduced by Miss Shipley, the daughter of a gardener to the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim, sometime before 1830 (Roach 1985)
http://books.google.com/books?id=qCcaacE8--MC&pg=PA254&lpg=PA254&dq=apricot+nancy+royal+louis+XVIII&source=web&ots=800E8crfJT&sig=JbR7sWTPACU318Ta2Rz5zkDm1o4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPP1,M1
Blenheim Before 1830

Syn. "Shipley", introduced by Miss Shipley Blenheim daughter to gardener of Duke of Marlborough Blenheim, England

http://www.springerlink.com/content/pl8134886l6u7k35/fulltext.pdf pg. 50



Stone freeness is certainly of equal importance in selecting
new apricots for drying quality.

Cultivars 'Blenheim' (syn. 'Royal') is by far the major US cultivar, accounting for over 80% of production. Others include: 'Tilton' , 'Wenatchee Moorpark' , 'Perfection', 'Earlicot' , and 'Autumn Royal'.


Apricots are grown throughout Turkey,
except in the very humid region around the
Black Sea and cold mountain area of Anatolia.
The most important apricot growing region is the
Eastern Anatolia. Malatya, a province in this
region, is the most important apricot production
center of the country [4]. Malatya produces 50%
fresh and 90% dried apricot of the whole country
[5]. The important apricot cultivars in the
Malatya region are Hacıhaliloglu, Kabaası,
Hasanbey, Sogancı and Çataloglu. Malatya is
known as the biggest dried apricot export center
as 80-85% world apricot export [4,3].
In the current horticultural practice, the