The high desert of southerly New Mexico produces a clear-cut , cold wintertime season – perfect for many deciduous fruit and nut trees . Although intense summertime sun , leap winds and in general alkaline soils try out troublesome , soil amendment and thrifty irrigation in a home garden mean many fruit trees are growing well in Ithiel Town like Las Cruces , Roswell , Alamogordo and everyone ’s favourite , Truth or Consequences . All are in Sunset ’s climate zone 10 .

Apricots

Long - lived trees that naturally tolerate alkaline soils , apricots blossom early in spring , sometimes being nipped by previous frosts . accord to the New Mexico University Cooperative Extension table service , yield production hap each year , but with full crops only about every fifth year . These pretty flower tree act as welcoming modest shade Tree even if fruit production disappoints .

Japanese Plums

Japanese plum remain susceptible to nutrient deficiencies in the state ’s alkaline soils . These trees bloom the same sentence as salmon pink , but tolerate late bounce rime comfortably . All short - populate , choose Methley , Santa Rosa or Satsuma cultivars , or the hybrid Sepa or Gold . void plant European plum in southerly New Mexico .

Peaches

Expect no more than 10 years of life out of peach trees . Also dampen by the alkaline stain of the res publica , yellowish pink tend to produce their largest fruit crops every five or six years . wintertime sun - scald cracks the tree barque and can be diminish by painting trunks with exterior livid latex paints . pick out by and by - give flowering selections like Dixie Red , Raritan Rose and Redhaven .

Cherries

Both sweet-scented and sour cherry red trees grow acceptably in the hatful of southern New Mexico , and perform poorly in general at lower elevations . Meteor and North Star are two sour cherry red cultivar that lam recent spring frosts while bloom .

Pears

A good choice for southern New Mexican orchards , pears produce well but must be monitored and spray to diminish problems with worm . Select varieties grown grafted onto dwarf rootstocks . Bartlett , Duchess , Moonglow , and Eldorado gain recommendation from the University of New Mexico .

Apples

For easier criminal maintenance and originally ripening of fruits , prefer semi - dwarf or midget apple tree varieties . As with pears , supervise for worms on orchard apple tree , and render a garden setting with moist , fertile soil fertile in organic matter . Fuji , Granny Smith and Mutsu perform well in the southern percentage of the state , and Jonathan and Winesap in particular redden nicely . Most unexampled commercial strains of orchard apple tree variety produce best in higher elevations . Avoid set Rome all together .

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