Stone Fruits

CALLER

• Mike has an orange tree planted 8 years ago that hasn’t produce one orange but has extreme thorns on it. We explain the thorns are an example of a wrong root stock and likely won’t produce any fruit

TEXT

• Best time to plant citrus? Fall and winter and after the last frost

COMMENTARY

• Proper citrus trees can bear fruit within 2-4 years avoiding long wait times
• Chill hours defined as hours below 45°F crucial for stone fruit production
• Stone fruits
  • Mandarins
  • Kumquats
  • Limequats
• Low chill stone fruits
  • Desert Gold Peach: Top performer
  • Santa Rosa Plum: Heat tolerance upright growth
  • Katie Apricot: High yield and large tree size

Even More Fruits & Flavors

COMMENTARY

• Pome fruit trees
  • Apple: Anna and Dorset Golden suited for heat
  • Pear: Kefir and Oriental: Drought tolerant, thrive with good drainage
• Mediterranean
  • Pomegranate: Heat, drought tolerant varieties like Parfianka and Ariana
  • Fig: Heat and drought tolerant

    

  • Mulberries: Female self fruiting varieties include Dwarf Black and Pakistan
  • Jujube: Very hardy and produces at different times
• Tropical
  • Guava
  • Date palms
• Peruvian apple cactus produces sweet large fruit as a cactus fruit option

7 Best Fruit Trees For Beginners

COMMENTARY

• Emphasizing ease of growth, minimal maintenance, adaptability to poor soil conditions
• 7 Best fruit trees for beginners
  • Desert gold peach
  • Anna apple
  • Black mission fig
  • Pomegranate
  • Jujube
  • Mulberry (female tree)
  • Citrus (orange, lemons, grapefruit, Mexican lime)