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Citrons |
Etrog Citron |
The unique Etrog
Citron fruit can be traced back before the days of Christ. It was first
recognized in the Middle East and is known as the ceremonial fruit of the
Jewish Feast of the Tabernacles. |
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Aug, Sept & Oct |
Buddah's Hand
Citron |
It has a lemony perfume and is
used to flavor liqueurs, vermouth, and for medicinal purposes.
The hand has been used in China medicinally for centuries. |
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Dec - March |
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Blood
Orange |
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Moro Blood Orange
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Rich burgundy color
also grow in coastal areas. Very productive, early maturity. Distinctive
aroma, exotic berry like flavor. |
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Dec - March |
Tarocco #7 Blood
Orange |
A
third of all oranges consumed in the Mediterranean are blood oranges. The
name "blood orange" refers to the internal flesh having reddish
purple spots. The fruits are very sweet and are a little smaller than a
baseball. |
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Sanguinelli
blood orange
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Rind blushed deep
red. Flesh red flecked to beet red. Needs more heat than 'MORO' to sweeten
up. Tart spicy flavor. Mostly seedless. |
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Kumquat |
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Small orange fruit that are eaten peel and all. Will
store on trees for months without loss of flavor. Needs lots of heat to
produce very fragrant blossoms in summer. Plant is very cold hardy. Very
ornamental with small foliage. Native of China, it is a symbol of prosperity
and good luck. |
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Fukushu
Kumquat |
The leaves are larger and broader than other kumquat species.
The fruit is also larger and slightly different in shape.
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Meiwa Kumquat
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Sweet round fruit,
prized flesh. Candied or in marmalade. Grows best in hotter locations. |
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Dec - April |
Nagami
Kumquat |
This
small tree loads its dense branches with bright orange, delicate tasting
oval fruit, appearing nearly year round. Very ornamental in containers on
patio or indoors in bright light. |
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Dec - April |
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Nordman
Seedless Nagami |
It is SEEDLESS and it loads its dense branches with
bright orange, delicate tasting oval fruit, |
Spring 2007 |
Dec - April |
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Lime Trees Click into Lime
Trees for all the info... |
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Australian
Finger Lime |
The juice is very tart, much like a Mexican
lime. The “citrus caviar” is used mainly as a garnish. |
Fall 2006 |
Year round |
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Key Lime |
Known as 'Key Lime
in Florida, this is the famous lime of Key Lime Pie. Strong lime flavor and Juicy. |
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Year round |
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Bearss Seedless Lime
- The Perfect House Lime Plant. Also on
our Salad Citrus Trees |
Large fruit, very
juicy and seedless. This is the most commonly grown commercial variety.
Most be protected from severe frosts. Crop heaviest in fall, although
fruit stores on tree finally turning from green to yellow before falling
off. |
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Year round |
Mexican
Thornless Lime |
Fruit much smaller than 'Bearss'
with some seeds. Strong lime flavor and Juicy. This is the ideal lime for
tropical drinks and Latin food dishes. |
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Year round |
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Indian or
Palestine Sweet Lime |
A yellow rind with a
distinctive and aromatic oil, pale yellow flesh, and a few, if any, seeds.
Although it is succulent and juicy, its low acid count makes it an
acquired taste. This flat taste is popular in the Middle East and
India. 5 gallon plants, ready to fruit or fruit on them $39.99 |
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Year round |
Kaffir
Lime |
Kieffer/Thai,
Wild Lime
Leaves, zest, and juice are used in Thai, Cambodian, and Indonesian
cooking. Bumpy fruit. The leaves of the kaffir lime tree are a dark green
color with a glossy sheen. |
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Year round |
Rangpur Lime |
In reality this
orange-colored fruit is a sour mandarin. Its juice combines mellow lime
sourness with mild orange flavor. Closed blossoms are purple in color.
5 gallon plants, ready to fruit or fruit on them $39.99 |
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Lemons |
Lisbon Lemon |
Major commercial
variety worldwide. Lisbon grown on Flying Dragon dwarf
citrus root stock. Also on
our Salad Citrus Trees |
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Year round |
Lemon
Eureka Pink Variegated  |
Excellent
patio or container plant! Attractive creamy-white and green variegated
leaves, pinkish tinge to new growth. A very good looking
plant. A must for the garden enthusiast. Our
designer choice for indoor lemon
growing. |
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Year round |
Lemon
Eureka  |
Produces large crops
of fruit all year near the coast. Prune tree to keep compact and to keep
from becoming leggy. Has fewer thorns than 'Lisbon'. Handsome as
individual specimen or patio container tree. |
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Year round |
Lemon
Meyer Improved |
Thin-skinned fruit
that is less tart than 'Eureka' or 'Lisbon'. Plant has a mounding habit.
Nearly thornless. Fruits abundantly in winter but can have some fruit most
months of the year. Mature fruit turns from yellow to slightly orange in
color. This is the outdoor size Lemon tree plant.
Also on
our Salad Citrus Trees
An excellent sweet tasting lemon, great for cooking |
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Year round |
Dwarf Lemon Meyer Improved |
Same
great tree and fruit but grown on a root stock that keeps it at a dwarf
size. Great for indoor growing. It is our choice for best indoor
lemon tree. An excellent sweet tasting lemon, great for cooking. |
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Year round |
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Lemon
Ponderosa - |
This lemon will make your mouth water. There is no more
flavorful lemon (my opinion), just brushing the plant releases a huge fresh
citrus scent that makes the mouth water. The
Ponderosa Lemon tends to be slightly less hardy than other lemon
varieties. Grows in conditions suitable for the average citrus, water
frequently except during cold months. |
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Year round |
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Grapefruit A great way to start the day, tree
fresh. |
Marsh
Grapefruit |
Best flavor if grown
in hot climate locations. Fruits takes 18 months from bloom to ripen. Tree
has dense form and rich, green foliage |
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Melogold
Grapefruit |
Its sweet flavor is the most notable
characteristic of a Melogold. Like the Oroblanco, Melogolds eat sweet and
lack the bitterness sometimes associated with grapefruit. In fact, many
say it tastes like a grapefruit with the sugar already sprinkled on top. |
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Oro Blanco
Grapefruit |
Large white-fleshed
hybrid that matures mainly in early spring. Fruit very sweet even when
grown in coastal areas with low summer heat. Huge fragrant blossoms in
spring. Large glossy-green foliage |
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Pink
Grapefruit |
The
juicy, pinkish pulp of the pink grapefruit is arranged in eleven to
fourteen sections and consists of numerous juice cells. The taste mature
fruit is sweet with a sour note. |
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Rio Red
Gra pefruit |
Texas hybrid that
shows much better color than the traditional 'Ruby'. Best in warmer
locations but also performs well near the coast.
Also on
our Salad Citrus Trees |
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gal - $39.99 |
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Dwarf
Red
Blush
Grapefruit |
Though a dwarf, it retains full-sized fruit that
remains bright and beautiful all season. |
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Red
Blush
Grapefruit |
Treasured
for its fragrant flowers and gentle red blush coloring of fruit flesh and
rind with limited seeds |
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Star Ruby Grapefruit |
Dark red color is
characteristic of this variety, even when grown in cooler coastal regions.
Crop heavy in spring, stores well on the tree.
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White
Grapefruit |
The
flavor of the fruit will be sweet especially if not harvested too soon as
the acidity level drops with maturity. These grapefruits are used
extensively in the processing industry as the segments retain their
stability during processing. |
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Plummelo |
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Pummelos, sometimes referred to as a
"Shaddock" or "Chinese grapefruit", are botanically
known as "Citrus Grandis", the largest citrus fruit. Pummelos
closely resemble grapefruit. |
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Plummelo
Cocktail |
Slightly sweet, with
just pinch of tartness. A very tasty fruit. |
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Jan- April |
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Reinking
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The fruit is large and
pear-shaped with a slightly flattened bottom and has a slightly pebbled,
thick, yellow rind. The flesh is light yellow, ricey in texture but juicy.
The flavor is good, |
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Jan- April |
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Tahatian |
The fruit is round with a
flattened bottom and has a greenish-yellow rind that is thinner than the
typically thick pummelo rind. The flesh is greenish, juicy, and sweet with a
flavor some refer to as melon-like or even lime-like. |
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Jan- April |
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African
Shaddock |
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Jan- April |
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Red
Shaddock |
It has an extraordinary flavor that is low
in acid leaving a sugary sweet aftertaste. |
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Jan- April |
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Mandarin
- Tangerines |
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Algerian
Mardarin |
From North Africa.
Fruit is spring ripening. |
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gal - $32.99 |
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Jan - March |
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Clementine
Mandarin Orange |
From North Africa.
Fruit is spring ripening, is slightly larger than Dancy and has fewer
seeds. Yields best production in desert. Also produces well in coastal
climates. |
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Jan - March |
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Clemenules
Mandarin |
The "Clemenules" or "Nules"
clementine accounts for the great majority of clementines produced in the
world. Spain alone has over 200,000 acres, producing fruit between November
and January |
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Nov -Jan |
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Daisy Mandarin |
Daisy produces a medium-large, mid-season mandarin with an
attractive dark orange rind. It peels and sections moderately well. |
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Feb - March |
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Dancy Mandarin |
Best known of the
Mandarins. Winter-ripening fruit. Easy to peel. Some seeds. Tree has fine
foliage and upright habit. Good flavor. |
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Jan - Feb |
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Encore Manadarin |
The fruit is medium in size with a thin, yellow-orange
rind. Encore fruits hold well on the tree without much puffing of the rind.
A perfect late season Spring mandarin. |
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March - April |
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Fairchild
Manadarin |
This "First of the Season" tangerine
is known for its "zipper skin." The Fairchild displays a good
orange exterior with a bright orange interior. The texture will vary from
smooth to somewhat pebbly and the fruit has seeds. Great tree for
desert regions. |
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Nov -Dec |
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Fremont Mandarin |
Bright
reddish-orange peel, rich flavor, tender and juicy. Some seeds, heavy
bearer. Fruit holds well on tree until spring. Where protected from cold,
fruit flavor is unsurpassed. |
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Fed - April |
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Gold
Nugget Mandarin |
The fruit usually matures by early March, but holds
exceptionally well on the tree, with summer-harvested fruit still being of
good quality. |
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Feb - March |
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Honey
Mandarin |
They peel and segment easily, and are extremely
juicy. The fruit is thin skinned, slightly flattened with no neck and are
smooth, almost glossy, in texture.
Also on
our Salad Citrus Trees |
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Feb - April |
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Kara
Mandarin |
Produces
delectable thin skinned, easily peeled fruit which ripens in winter to
spring. . Densely branched oval form. |
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Dec - Jam |
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Kinnow
Mandarin |
Kinnow
has a rich distinctive flavor with a smooth skin, a light orange color and few seeds.
Kinnow is the most widely-planted mandarin in
Pakistan. |
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Feb -March |
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Kishu Mandarin or Mukaku kishu Mandarin |
The flesh is bright orange,
seedless, mild-flavored, sweet, and juicy. It is early in maturity, and the
fruit holds well on the tree |
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Nov - Jan |
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Murcott
(W.) Mandarin |
The tree is moderate in size and vigor. The
fruit is usually flattened with a thin, smooth, orange rind that is easy to
peel. |
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Nov - Jan |
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Nova Mandarin |
The tree is vigorous
and the mandarin fruit is medium to large for a mandarin. This is a sweet,
juicy, seedless variety which peels easily and cleanly. |
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Oct - Dec |
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Owari
Satsuma Mandarin Orange |
Hardiest of all
mandarins. Seedless and easy to peel. Excellent flavor when ripe in winter
months. Stores well when refrigerated but not well on tree. A very slow
grower |
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Jan - March |
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Pixie Mandarin |
A great choice for a
late season tangerine. Seedless, thin skinned, mild, sweet fruit is easy
to peel. Excellent vigorously upright growing variety |
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Jan - March |
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Tahoe
Gold Mandarin |
The flesh is seedless, bright
orange, finely-textured and juicy. The flavor is rich and sweet when mature |
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Jan - Feb |
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Yosemite
Gold Tangerine |
Tangerine flavor, the size of an
orange |
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Jan - April |
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Navel
Oranges |
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Washington
Navel Orange |
Famous
winter-ripening fruit. Excellent in flavor. Seedless, easy to peel,
separates into segments. Also good for fresh squeezed juice in winter.
Also on
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Nov -Jan |
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Cara Cara Navel Orange |
Has a rich pink pulp, accompanied with an orange
exterior. (This variety is sometimes referred to as the Red Navel.) The
interior is extremely sweet with a relatively low acid content and few to
no seeds. |
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Winter -Spring |
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Late Lane Navel Orange |
Lane Late’ is one
of many new Australian late season navels. These are often called summer
navels. Also on
our Salad Citrus Trees |
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Late Spring Summer |
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Dwarf
Washington Navel Orange |
Famous
winter-ripening fruit. Excellent in flavor. Seedless, easy to peel,
separates into segments. Also good for fresh squeezed juice in winter. |
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Nov -Jan
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Fukumoto
Navel Orange
One of the best oranges I have ever had to eat - chris
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Fukumoto’ an
early-season, medium-sized navel which should be harvested by the end of
October or early November. Due to its early maturity
it may not have full orange peel color at the time of harvest although it
is ready to eat. |
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Oct -Nov |
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Marrs
Naval Orange |
Marrs’ is another
early-season, semi-dwarf tree, sweet naval orange. The fruit is medium to
large in size and is moderately seedy with 7-10 seeds per fruit. It
reaches maturity early in the season, and is best when it fully ripens in
November. |
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Nov - Dec |
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Robertson Navel |
Fruit borne in
clusters. This navel has excellent flavor even in areas of low summer
heat. Early ripening, seedless and a heavy bearer. |
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Nov -Jan |
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Sweet & Sour Oranges |
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Hamlin Sweet Orange |
Fruit can be
harvested before the danger of frost and early harvesting may increase
tree cold-tolerance for this cultivar. Although fruit quality is inferior
to many other cultivars, high productivity, seed-lessness and earliness of
fruiting make this cultivar quite popular |
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Oct -Jan |
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Shamouti
or Jaffra Sweet Orange |
Shamouti oranges,
are an important Mediterranean orange mostly associated with Israel, and
are fragrant and pleasantly sweet. |
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gal - $39.99 |
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Winter |
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Trovita
Orange |
Spring ripening.
Wide range of climate adaptation. Develops great flavor even in areas of
low summer heat such as the coastal areas of California. Few seeds.
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Spring |
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