- Estimated Chilling Requirement
700 or fewer hours below 45°F - USDA Plant Hardiness Zones
– - PollinationSelf-fruitful
- Harvest Season within fruit typevery early
- Harvest DatesMay 22 to June 7(approximate for Hickman, CA)
- Developed by Zaiger Genetics
A result of innovative interspecific breeding by Zaiger Genetics, Arctic Babe is the first white-fleshed miniature nectarine. Super-sweet, large size fruit. Reaching only 4-6 ft., this tree is easy to thin and harvest, easy to cover to protect blooms from frost. (Introduced for the 2017-18 season as 243BC331 Miniature Interspecific Nectarine)