Prunus Armeniaca

In order to improve apricots (Prunus Armenicaca) quality, eventual therapeutic effect, resistence to deseses, frost resistence of flowers, etc, one must look at the possible centre of domestication to gain material for experimenting.
One of the best location where possibly apricot was domesticated is the northern region of India, Ladakh.

See: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304423817301176
and  here the full text: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314253468_Apricots_Prunus_armeniaca_L_of_trans-Himalayan_Ladakh_Potential_candidate_for_fruit_quality_breeding_programs

I found out as a source of seeds coming from himalayan mountains some apricot seeds used as food supplement on ebay (Bob's Best Apricot Kernels).

To germinate the seeds, instructions can be found in the book: Seed Germination Theory and Practice by Norman C. Deno which can be downloaded from USDA here.

3 seedlings are now growing... 

Update:

We found a new source of interesting apricot seeds in sun died fruits coming from India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Unluckily often fruits are old, or dried in extreme heat, and seeds, although they often germinate, bud most die before sprouting. 

Here a picture taken in summer 2020 of one of the two plants germinated for Pakistan Hunza valley apricot seeds collected from dried apricots, purchased on eBay in 2019.

This specimen has strong effect on the physical heart and on the etheric 4° 6° and 7° chakras. It seems connected to the anecdotal evidence that people in Hunza valley have longer life, as they claim, thanks to their died apricots. A classic scientific study on the chemicals affecting the heart in the apricots would be interesting for further breeding.