FRUIT & NUT HARVEST DATES
ALMOND
APPLE
MINIATURE
APPLE
APRICOT
WHITE APRICOT
APRIUM
WHITE APRIUM
BLUEBERRY
NORTHERN HIGHBUSH
BLUEBERRY
SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH
SWEET
CHERRY
SOUR
CHERRY
FIG
JUJUBE
NECTARINE
MINIATURE
NECTARINE
WHITE
NECTARINE
NECTAPLUM
PEACH
WHITE PEACH
PEACH-PLUM
HYBRID
MINIATURE
PEACH
PEACOTUM
PEAR
ASIAN PEAR
PECAN
PERSIMMON
PLUM
PLUM-COT
EUROPEAN &
DAMSON PLUMS
PLUOT
POMEGRANATE
QUINCE
WALNUT
10
COLOR BARS CORRESPOND TO APPROXIMATE HARVEST PERIODS FOR HICKMAN (NEAR MODESTO) CALIFORNIA.
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
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
5 10 15 20 25
Pluot
DEC
5 10
Fig BLACK MISSION, BLACK JACK, BROWN TURKEY, CELESTIAL, CHICAGO HARDY, CONADRIA, DESERT KING, EXCEL, FLANDERS,
SPLASH
KADOTA, LATTERULA, OSBORNE PROLIFIC, JANICE SEED-LESS, PANACHE, PETER’S HONEY, TEXAS BLUE GIANT,
GEO PRIDE
VIOLETTE DE BORDEAUX, WHITE GENOA
EMERALD DROP
MARCIA’S FLAVOR
Aprium
FLAVOR QUEEN
DAPPLE DANDY
FLAVOR DELIGHT
FLAVOR KING
FLAVOR GRENADE
Pear
FLAVOR FINALE
White Aprium
HARROW DELIGHT
COT-N-CANDY
Pomegranate
MOONGLOW
RESCUE
AMBROSIA
HOOD
WONDERFUL
SWEET
CALIFORNIA
Peacotum
FLORDAHOME
EVERSWEET
Pluot, Aprium, NectaPlum
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GRENADA
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& Peacotum are
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Asian Pear
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SUGAR MAY
D’ANJOU
SHARP VELVET
SHINSEIKI
TROPIC SNOW
BOSC
HOSUI
DONUT (STARK SATURN)
COMICE
SHINSUI
STRAWBERRY FREE
KIEFFER
SEIGYOKU
SNOW BEAUTY
WINTER NELIS
ISHIIWASE
NECTAR
CHOJURO
WHITE LADY
KIKUSUI
BABCOCK
Pecan
20TH CENTURY
Q-1-8
Plum
PERUQUE
YOINASHI
POLLY
SHINKO
MAJOR
METHLEY
YA LI
GIANT BABCOCK
PAWNEE
BEAUTY
SUGAR LADY
TSU LI
TEJAS
SHIRO
ARCTIC SUPREME
MOHAWK
IND. BLOOD CL.
SANTA ROSA
WESTERN SCHLEY
SNOW KING
WEEPING SANTA ROSA
MAHAN
SNOW GIANT
REDHEART
INDIAN FREE
WHITE HEATH
WICKSON
Plum-cot
SPRITE
PLUM PARFAIT
DELIGHT
Persimmon
FLAVORELLA
BURBANK
COFFEECAKE (NISHIMURA WASE)
CATALINA
IZU
BURGUNDY
MARU
NUBIANA
Nectarine
GIANT FUYU
MARIPOSA
DESERT DAWN
FUYU (JIRO)
LARODA
DESERT DELIGHT
Jujube
CHOCOLATE
LATE SANTA ROSA
JUNEGLO
HACHIYA
LANG
HOWARD MIRACLE
INDEPENDENCE
TAMOPAN
LI
HONEY KIST
FRIAR
SATSUMA
HARKO
FORTUNE
DOUBLE DELIGHT
MERICREST
KELSEY
SUPERIOR
FLAVORTOP
GOLDEN NECTAR
JOLLY RED GIANT
White Nectarine
EMERALD BEAUT
PANAMINT
Apricot
ELEPHANT HEART
CAVALIER
ARCTIC
STAR
ROYAL ROSA
FANTASIA
SNOW QUEEN
KATY
ZEE GLO
ROSE
FLAVOR GIANT
LATE LEGRAND
ARCTIC GLO
GOLD KIST
FLAMEKIST
ARCTIC JAY
FLORA GOLD
LIZ’S LATE
ARCTIC ROSE
PIXIE-COT(DWF)
HEAVENLY WHITE
HARCOT
GOLDCOT
Walnut
White Apricot
ARCTIC QUEEN
CHINESE
PAYNE
GOLDMINE
CANADIAN WHT BLENHEIM
TOMCOT
SERR
ARCTIC BLAZE
PERFECTION
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Apple
HARTLEY
EARLI-AUTUMN
CHANDLER
YELLOW TRANSPARENT
Peach
AUTUMN GLO
FRANQUETTE
EINSHEMER
EARLITREAT
DORSETT
GOLDEN
ROYAL GOLD
ANNA
DAVE WILSON NURSERY
Almond
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BEVERLY HILLS
DESERT GOLD
NON PAREIL
FRUIT & NUT HARVEST DATES
RED GRAVENSTEIN
FLORDAPRINCE
PRICE
GRAVENSTEIN
MAY PRIDE
NEPLUS
This chart is intended as a reference tool to be used in planning
HONEYCRISP
EARLIGRANDE
CARMEL
successive harvest for home orchards. With the exception of
AKANE
Peach-Plum Hybrid
GOLD DUST
PEERLESS
ELSTAR
European pears and some apples which are ripened off the
ZEE DIAMOND
BUTTE
TRI-LITE
APPLE BABE
tree, harvest periods on this chart are approximate tree-ripe
JUNE GOLD
Sweet Cherry
MISSION
GALA
ALL-IN-ONE
harvest periods for Hickman (near Modesto), California.
DOUBLE
JEWEL
MINNIE ROYAL
MOLLIE’S DELICIOUS
EVA’S PRIDE
GARDEN
PRINCE
Actual harvest dates vary from year to year and climate to
BLACK TARTARIAN
WOLF RIVER
REDHAVEN
ROYAL LEE
climate. For example, in area’s where winters are mild and
MCINTOSH
REGINA
CRAIG’S CRIMSON
HARALSON
early warm weather the norm, harvests may be up to four
JUNE PRIDE
ROYAL RAINIER
COX ORANGE PIPPIN
HARKEN
weeks earlier than shown on this chart. In cooler coastal or
UTAH GIANT
EMPIRE
GOLDEN
JUBILEE
cold weather climates harvest periods are generally later than
Quince
RAINIER
JONATHAN
MID-PRIDE
BING
shown on this chart.
BISBEE RED DELICIOUS
PINEAPPLE
RELIANCE
SUNBURST
HARROLD RED DEL.
ORANGE
SUNCREST
ROYAL ANN
SPARTAN
SMYRNA
CANADIAN
HARMONY
For reference, Hickman, California is in Sunset Western
VAN
GARDEN DELICIOUS
FROST
Garden Book zone 9, and USDA Plant Hardiness zone 9.
STELLA
SNOW (FAMEUSE)
HALEHAVEN
European Plums
LAMBERT
Normal winter chilling in the Hickman area is about 1,000
GORDON
VETERAN
LAPINS
BAVAY’S
GREEN
GAGE
LIBERTY
hours, adequate for practically all deciduous fruit. Summers
SANTA BARBARA
SWEETHEART
SUGAR
GOLDEN DELICIOUS
are long and hot. The last significant frost usually occurs in
JULY (KIM) ELBERTA
IMPERIAL
ASHMEAD’S KERNAL
SATURN
mid to late February, and most varieties of peach, nectarine,
EARLY ITALIAN
BRAMLEY’S SDLG
LORING
plum and apricot are in peak bloom by early March.
FRENCH IMPROVED
KING (TOMPKINS)
Sour Cherry
SCARLET ROBE
STANLEY
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MAY
5
10
15 20 25
JUNE
5
10
15 20 25
JULY
5
10 15 20 25
AUGUST
5
10 15 20 25
SEPTEMBER
5
10 15 20 25
OCTOBER
5
10 15 20 25
NOVEMBER
5 10
DEC