Regional almanac

Fruit trees for Texas

Based on Texas’s main growing area (78701): USDA zone 9a, about 531 winter chill hours. Your exact site may differ — check your ZIP.

What fits in Texas

Good fit (78)

Chill and zone requirements are comfortably met. Each row opens the full verdict.

Good fit varieties for Texas
Variety	Fruit	Chill hours	USDA zones
Anna	Apple	300	5–10
Dorsett Golden	Apple	250	5–10
Mutsu	Apple	500	5–9
Pink Lady	Apple	300–400	6–9
TropicSweet	Apple	300	—
Blenheim	Apricot	400	7–9
Moongold	Apricot	—	4–9
Sungold	Apricot	—	4–9
Tomcot	Apricot	500	4–9
Bearss Lime	Citrus	—	8–11
Eureka Lemon	Citrus	—	8–11
Improved Meyer Lemon	Citrus	—	8–11
Key Lime	Citrus	—	8–11
Black Mission	Fig	100	7–9
Brown Turkey	Fig	100	7–9
Desert King	Fig	100	5–9
Kadota	Fig	100	7–9
Violette de Bordeaux	Fig	—	5–10
Arctic Star	Nectarine	300	—
Double Delight	Nectarine	300	—
Fantasia	Nectarine	500	4–9
Panamint	Nectarine	250	—
Snow Queen	Nectarine	250–300	—
August Pride	Peach	200–300	—
Babcock	Peach	250–300	—
Donut	Peach	200–300	—
Eva's Pride	Peach	100–200	—
Flordacrest	Peach	350	—
Flordaprince	Peach	150	—
Gulfprince	Peach	400	—
Mid-Pride	Peach	250	—
Suncrest	Peach	500	—
Tropic Snow	Peach	225	—
TropicBeauty	Peach	150	—
UFGold	Peach	200	—
UFOne	Peach	250	—
UFSun	Peach	100	—
20th Century	Pear	300–400	—
Bartlett	Pear	500–600	5–9
Bosc	Pear	500–600	5–9
Chojuro	Pear	450	—
Hosui	Pear	300–400	5–10
Kieffer	Pear	200–300	—
Moonglow	Pear	400–500	—
Shinko	Pear	450	—
Shinseiki	Pear	250–300	5–10
Yoinashi	Pear	300–400	—
Fuyu	Persimmon	200	7–10
Hachiya	Persimmon	200	—
Jiro	Persimmon	200	8–11
Meader	Persimmon	—	5–9
Saijo	Persimmon	200	7–9
Beauty	Plum	250	—
Burgundy	Plum	300	5–9
Dapple Dandy	Plum	400–500	5–10
Elephant Heart	Plum	500	—
Flavor Grenade	Plum	300–400	—
Flavor King	Plum	400	—
Methley	Plum	250	5–9
Santa Rosa	Plum	300	—
Satsuma	Plum	300	—
Shiro	Plum	400–500	5–9
Ambrosia	Pomegranate	150	8–10
Angel Red	Pomegranate	—	7–11
Eversweet	Pomegranate	150	8–10
Parfianka	Pomegranate	100–200	7–10
Salavatski	Pomegranate	—	7–10
Sweet	Pomegranate	100	8–10
Wonderful	Pomegranate	150	8–10
Brooks	Sweet Cherry	500	—
Craig's Crimson	Sweet Cherry	500–600	4–9
Lapins	Sweet Cherry	500	5–9
Royal Rainier	Sweet Cherry	500	5–9
Stella	Sweet Cherry	400–500	5–9
Sweetheart	Sweet Cherry	—	5–9
Balaton	Tart Cherry	—	4–9
English Morello	Tart Cherry	500	4–9
Evans Bali	Tart Cherry	400–700	3–9

Marginal (18)

Possible in a good year or a favorable microclimate — each row opens the caveats.

Marginal varieties for Texas
Variety	Fruit	Chill hours	USDA zones
Gravenstein	Apple	700	2–9
Harcot	Apricot	700	4–9
Moorpark	Apricot	600	6–9
Puget Gold	Apricot	600	6–9
Tilton	Apricot	600	5–9
Wenatchee Moorpark	Apricot	700	5–9
Flavortop	Nectarine	650	—
Independence	Nectarine	700	—
Frost	Peach	700	—
Junegold	Peach	600–750	—
Comice	Pear	600	5–9
Warren	Pear	600	—
Flavor Supreme	Plum	700–800	—
Green Gage	Plum	700	—
Black Tartarian	Sweet Cherry	700	5–9
Rainier	Sweet Cherry	700	5–9
Van	Sweet Cherry	700	4–9
Early Richmond	Tart Cherry	700	4–9

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Sources

[1] Open-Meteo / Copernicus ERA5. Historical Weather API (hourly 2m temperature) — accessed July 2026
[2] USDA / PRISM (Oregon State University). 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map — accessed July 2026