Fruit Tree Harvest Chart

For reference, Hickman, California is in Sunset Western Garden Book Zone 9, and USDA Plant hardiness zone 9. Normal winter chilling in the Hickman area is about 1,000 hours, adequate for practically all deciduous fruit. Summers are long and hot. The last significant frost usually occurs in mid to late February, and most varieties of peach, nectarine, plum and apricot are in peak bloom by early March.