Author's Note: "Aaahhh...a small little apricot tree is perfect for tooth picking" :D
To be correct then apricot trees isn't used for making toothpicks. I did a wiki on it and they are made of birch wood!!!!! Amazing what you learn when your looking for source pictures! :P
Tjeck it out in full :)
[url="http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-7707394-man-with-toothpick-in-mouth.php">Source 1[/url]
[url="http://www.livinggifts.net/apricot.jpg">Source 2[/url]