We grow Desertgold peach (near Phoenix AZ), very early, very productive, 150 hours winter chill. There don't seem to be any nectarines that will produce, plums (Santa Rosa) are so-so and apricots are pretty iffy. -Olin ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Shirley" <gshirl@bellsouth.net> > Ron: There are stone fruits that take less than 150 hours of chilling now and that's not much as the > chilling is <45F.