If you’re thinking of trying apricots, I definitely try to get advice from people in your area. Apricots seem to be the white whale of a lot of people here. Mainly due to late freezes in the spring killing the blossoms.
I don’t know how much you’ve read here, but here’s some abbreviations some of which confused me when I first got here:
PC = plum curculio
OFM = oriental fruit moth
SWD = spotted wing drosophila
I think those are about the top three pests of fruit growers. Welcome!