Ernie Janes / Apricot tree (Prunus ameniaca) Moorpark variety in blossom trained against a wall in walled garden, UK, March.

Jean E. Roche / Rural mosaic landscape of various crops including apricot (Prunus armeniaca) and olive (Olea europaea) trees . Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, Provence, France. October.

Milan Radisics / To protect their crop from frost damage, farmers on large apricot farms use the old, rarely seen technique of torching. Using liquid paraffin candles to heat the surrounding air, the heat and smoke cr...

Milan Radisics / Flowers of apricot trees surrounded with lights from giant candles, which are protecting them from the frost damage Zavod, Hungary, April, 2020. SajtoFoto (PressPhoto) Hungary Photography Competition...

Milan Radisics / Smoke and heat created by giant candles, filled with liquid paraffin, placed next to apricot trees to protect the buds from frost damage, Zavod, Hungary, April, 2020. SajtoFoto (PressPhoto) Hungary Ph...

Milan Radisics / Farmer running with torch from candle to candle, to light the fires before expected frost arrives, to protect the apricot harvest, Zavod, Hungary, April, 2020. SajtoFoto (PressPhoto) Hungary Photograp...

Milan Radisics / When frost arrives, the farmer's family come out to light liquid paraffin candles as quickly as possible, to protect the apricot crop from frost damage, Zavod, Hungary. April, 2020. SajtoFoto (Pre...

Milan Radisics / View of paraffin candles burning in apricot orchard, providing protection for the blossom from frost damage, Zavod, Hungary, April, 2020. SajtoFoto (PressPhoto) Hungary Photography Competition Winner...

Milan Radisics / Farmland lit by a full moon on an ice cold night; smoke and flames from paraffin candles create a heat capsule above the field, protecting the apricot trees from frost damage, Zavod, Hungary, April, 2...

Milan Radisics / Valley at dawn, covered with smoke from paraffin candles which protected huge apricot orchards from frost damage, Zavod, Hungary, April, 2020. SajtoFoto (PressPhoto) Hungary Photography Competition Wi...

Milan Radisics / Measuring the air temperature in the morning - minus 6 degrees was a record breaking temperature in Hungary for April 2nd. The sensitive apricot trees were protected by paraffin candles burning all ni...