[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[olin]

In general, nectarines are not recommended for the Phoenix area due to
long winter requirements and susceptibility to thrips for which there is
no suitable control.

Surecrop nectarine is self-fertile but reported to have a winter chill
requirement of about 1,000 hours, way too high for the Phoenix area.
See:
http://www.aces.edu/dept/extcomm/publications/anr/anr-994/pdf/anr-994.pd
f  , p.4, table 1.

----- Original Message ----- From: <lafnepf@aol.com>
> Can you tell me anything about "Surecrop Nectarine"......for the
Phoenix area.   Also, is it self-pollinating?