Blenheim Apricot Fruit Spread

Blenheims hail from Europe about 200 years ago, flourishing in the garden at Blenheim Palace in England (birthplace of Winston Churchill!); they became U.S. Imports in the 1880s, arriving in California and spiking in production during WWI until a halting of imported dried fruit from Europe mobilized Sacramento and Santa Clara Valleys to begin growing hefty amounts of them.