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Originally Posted by Rmplmnz
This is where the California members put the Florida members to shame...lol...
We can not grow good peaches, nectarines or plums.
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In Tampa you can grow these great tasting ultra-low-chill pit and pome fruits:
Dorset Golden Apple. 100 chill hours. Self-fruitful.
Desert Delight Nectarine. Yellow Freestone. < 200 chill hours. Self-fruitful.
May Pride Peach. Yellow Freestone. < 200 chill hours. Self-fruitful.
Burgundy Plum. 150-300 chill hours. Purple flesh. Self-fruitful.
Beauty Plum. 200-250 chill hours. Amber flesh. Self-fruitful.
Chill hours are the duration of hours some fruit trees require to produce a significant amount of fruit year after year. The hours listed for a particular fruit are an approximation, usually obtained by trial and error. To compute chill hours in your yard:
Between Nov. 1 and Jan. 1, the # of hours below 45 F minus the # of hours above 65 F.
Note that this date range only contains a total of 61×24 = 1464 hours.