Apricot tree:no fruit from buds, just brown gum, munched leaves - what to spray?

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You may be interested in reading this sudden death in apricots before buying another tree.

Apricots repeatedly die!

Here on the KY/TN border, I’ve always known that I would very rarely get fruit from my apricot trees. They almost always bloom before frost and freezing temperatures are done for the year. But I can live with that. I thought I’d just let them grow, and perhaps every 5 years or so when the planets lined up just right I’d get some fruit…and I have (once in 6 years!). But I’m ok with that and that isn’t what this thread is about. It looks like I have one and possibly two apricot trees dying th…