Harvest Sequence for Home Gardens Apricot, Plum & Interspecific Hybrid A California Corporation The First Name in Fruit Trees™ Color Bars correspond to approximate harvest periods for Hickman (near Modesto) California. MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Apricot 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25 Apricot Royal Rosa Z Katy Z ® Aprium Flavor Giant Z Gold Kist Z This chart is intended as a reference tool to Pluot® Flavorosa Z P Fruit & Nut be used in planning successive harvest for home Flora Gold Z orchards. With the exception of European pears Plum Pixie-Cot (dwf) Z P Harvest Dates Plum-cot Plum Parfait Z and some apples which are ripened off the tree, Aprium® Flavor Delight harvest periods on this chart are approximate for Hickman (near Modesto), California. European Harcot Actual harvest dates vary from year to year and climate to climate. Flavorella Z P & Damson Plums Plum Methley In areas where winters are mild and early warm weather is the norm, harvests may be Goldcot up to four weeks earlier than shown on this chart. In cooler coastal or cold weather ® Chinese climates, harvest periods are generally later than shown on this chart. Pluot Perfection Tomcot For reference, Hickman, CA is in Sunset Western Garden Book Zone 9 and USDA Plant Wen. Moorpark Hardiness Zone 9. Normal winter chilling in the Hickman area is about 1,000 hours, Harglow adequate for practically all deciduous fruit. Summers are long and hot. The last signifi- Plum-Cot Nugget cant frost usually occurs in mid to late February, and most varieties of peach, nectarine, Rival plum and apricot are in peak bloom by early March. Beauty ® Cot-N-Candy Z P NectaPlum Flavor Supreme Z Peacotum™ Bella Gold Z P Blenheim ™ Canadian Wht Blenheim Peacotum Shiro Santa Rosa Tilton ™ Weeping Santa Rosa Pluerry Moorpark Brittany Gold Splash Z P Pluerry™ Sweet Treat Z P Redheart Geo Pride Z P Wickson Sprite Z Delight Z NectaPlum® Spice Zee Z P Z = Developed by Zaiger Genetics Emerald Drop Z P Burbank P = U.S. Plant Patent issued, Catalina pending or applied for Burgundy Nubiana Flavor Queen Z Mariposa Laroda Puget Gold Earli-Autumn Z P WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTORS European Plum Bavay’s Green Gage Late Santa Rosa Howard Miracle Aprium , Pluot & NectaPlum are registered Friar trademarks® of Zaiger's® Inc. Genetics® of Modesto, CA Satsuma for certain complex Prunus interspecic (I.S.) hybrids Fortune that are primarily apricot-plum, plum-apricot and Sugar Dapple Dandy Z P nectarine-plum, respectively. Autumn Glo Z P Imperial Dave Wilson Nursery Peacotum & Pluerry are trademarks of Dave is the exclusive U.S. licensor ™ ™ Kelsey Wilson Nursery of Hickman, CA for certain complex Superior and primary propagator Prunus interspecic (I.S.) hybrids that are primarily Flavor King Z of varieties developed apricot-plum, apricot-plum-peach and plum-cherry, Early Italian by Zaiger Genetics Inc., respectively. Golden Nectar of Modesto, California French Improved Emerald Beaut Z P Stanley Brooks Seneca Italian Blue Damson 6th Edition v2.13 Elephant Heart Revision 1 - February 2013 Flavor Grenade Z P Flavor Finale Z P © 2013 Dave Wilson Nursery 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25 www.davewilson.com MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER.