Deciduous | UC Agriculture and Natural Resources

Many deciduous varieties require more winter chilling than we get in Sunset zones 21-24, so will not flower and leaf out appropriately. These selected varieties have been shown to consistently produce in our mild winter areas. New varieties are coming out all the time and may or may not work in your area.

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Almond	Nonpareil	Fall		Need two varieties for pollination
	Ne Plus Ultra	Fall
	Mission	Fall
	Sonora	Fall
	All-In-One	Fall	Self-Pollinating

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Apple	Beverly Hills	Fall		In areas affected by spring/summer fog, fire blight can be a major problem with some varieties, coddling moth can be a problem, winter fruit is parthenocarpic and usually bitter
	Winter Banana	Fall
	Anna	Fall	On the coast can fruit the year around
	Pettingill	Fall
	Gordon	Fall
	Ein Shemer	Fall
	White Permain	Fall
	Dorsett Golden	Fall
	Early Dawn	Fall
	Granny Smith	Fall
	Yellow Delicious	Fall
	Gala	Fall	Zones 21-23
	Fuji	Fall	Bears along the coast

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Apricots	Royal	Late spring/ summer	Most consistent	Apricots in zone 24 are erratic bearers
	Earligold	Late spring/ summer
	New Castle	Late spring/ summer
	Nugget	Late spring/ summer
	Autumn Royal	Late spring/ summer
	Aprigold	Late spring/ summer	Dwarf

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Asian Pear	20th Century	Fall		All are low chill, need two varieties for pollination or Bartlett pear
	Nijisseki	Fall
	Shinseki	Fall
	Tsu Li	Fall
	Hausi	Fall	Wins taste test

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Blackberry	Boysen	Summer		Boysen and Ollalie in zone 24
	Ollalie	Summer
	Rosborough	Summer
	Cherokee	Summer	Upright
	Logan	Summer
	Thornless Hull	Summer	Upright

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Blueberry	Sharpblue	Spring	Southern	Need acid soil, use sulfur to bring to pH5, do best with pollinizers
	O'Neal	Spring	Highbush
	Marimba	Spring	Highbush
	Misty	Spring	Highbush

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Fig	Genoa	Spring/fall		Figs don't do so well in zone 24
	Black Mission	Spring/fall
	Osborne Prolific	Spring/fall
	Conadria	Spring/fall
	Brown Turkey	Fall

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Grape	Golden Muscat	Fall		Many grape varieties need more heat than in zone 24
	Niabell	Fall
	Concord	Fall
	Pierce	Fall
	Flame	Fall
	Black monukka	Fall
	Cardinel	Fall

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Jujube	Li	Fall		Resembles a date, but ain't, s lightly under ripe is crisp/swee
Jujube	Lang	Fall

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Kiwifruit	Abbott	Fall		All need pollinators, eventually develops large roots which may be a problem, have been known to lift houses in New Zealand
	Bruno	Fall
	Hayward	Fall
	Tiwi	Fall	Does well in zones 22-24
	Vincent	Fall	Does well in zones 22-24

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Nectarine	Silverlode	Summer		Best grown outside zone 24
	Panamint	Summer
	Sunred	Summer
	Snow Queen	Summer	Excellent flavor

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Olive	Sevillano	Fall		Lots of new varieties being introduced for oil
Olive	Manzanillo	Fall		Lots of new varieties being introduced for oil

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Peach	Springtime	Summer		Lack of winter chill causes trunk cracking and gum oozing. Fruit are somewhat insipid for lack of summer heat
	Desertgold	Summer
	Tejon	Summer
	Bonita	Summer
	Midpride	Summer
	Red Baron/Saturn	Summer
	June Gold	Summer
	Eva's Pride	Summer
	May Pride	Summer
	3-Star	Summer	Zone 21, reliable, but has a bitter overtone

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Pear	Bartlett	Summer	Subject to fireblight and coddling moth	Need 2 for pollination
	Max Red Bartlett	Summer	Subject to fireblight and coddling moth
	Winter Bartlett	Summer	Subject to fireblight and coddling moth
	Hood	Summer
	Monterrey	Summer
	Winter Nellis	Summer
	Sekel	Summer	Somewhat later harvest than others

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Persimmon	Fuyu	Fall
	Izu	Fall	Usually non-astrigent
	Okagisho	Fall	Very large
	Hachiya	Fall	Soft, astrigent

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Plum	Santa Rosa	Summer		Santa Rosa is self-fruitful, other varieties need another variety for pollination
	Satsuma	Summer
	Mariposa	Summer
	Wickson	Summer
	Inca	Summer
	Beauty	Summer
	Burgundy	Summer	Most reliable, good flavor
	Swiro	Summer	Yellow

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Pomegranate	Wonderful	Fall		Open in a bucket of water to avoid getting squirted with juice
Pomegranate	Fleishman	Fall

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Quince	Orange	Fall		Useful in making jams and jellies and blended with other fruits in pies
	Pineapple	Fall
	Cook's Jumbo	Fall

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Raspberry	Autumn Bliss	Spring		Doesn't do well in hotter areas
	Bababerry	Spring
	Dorman	Spring
	Oregon 1030	Spring

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Strawberry	Sequoia	Spring/summer	Plant in October
	Chandler	Spring/summer	Plant in October
	Douglas	Spring/summer	Plant in October
	Fern	Spring/summer	Plant Oct-March
	Hecker	Spring/summer	Plant Oct-March
	Muir	Spring/summer	Plant Oct-March

Fruit	Varieties	Harvest	Remarks Individual	Remarks All
Walnut	Payne	Fall		Big trees, have many pest
	Concord	Fall
	Lompoc	Fall
	Placentia	Fall