"Marie Dodge" <invalid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>What apples produce fruit where oranges grow?
The following is specific to the state of Florida, U.S.A.; USDA
hardiness zones 9-10. North-Central and Central Florida are the
northernmost range of commercial citrus production and, until the
mid-1980's, was a highly productive and fruitful region. From the late
1960's, into the mid-1970's several attempts were made to establish
"Israeli" oranges commercially in Central and West-Central Florida as
far south as Hernando County (Brooksville). Those commercial attempts
are now moribund, as is the greater part of citrus farming within those
regions. However, it is not uncommon to see apples and citrus grown
together domestically as "dooryard" fruit. Apple trees and citrus trees
are widely available in nurseries throughout the region.
From: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG073
>`Anna' and `Ein Shemer' were obtained from Israel in 1967. These
varieties fruit and leaf well
> in central Florida. Fruit ripens at Gainesville in late June to early
July. Fruit sizes range from 2
> to 2½ inches in diameter for `Anna' and up to 2¾ inches for `Ein
Shemer'. `Anna' has a
> shape similar to `Red delicious', but with approximately 30 to 40% red
blush. Flavor is good
> and is sweet to semiacid. Ripe fruit of `Ein Shemer' are similar in
shape, yellow and the
> flavor is sweet.
>
>`Dorsett Golden' was introduced from Nassau, Bahamas and obtained at
Gainesville from
> R.J. Knight of the Plant Introduction Station in Miami. Fruit is yellow
with a 10% slightly pink
> blush and size is 2 to 2¼ inches. Flavor is sweet and flesh is firm.
Fruit have been stored
> satisfactorily for 2 weeks under refrigeration. Fruit shape is similar
to `Golden Delicious' and
> ripens in late June in the Gainesville area.
>
>'TropicSweet' (Fla. 90-3). TropicSweet is released by the Florida
Agricultural Experiment
> Station and patent rights assigned to Florida Foundation Seed Producers,
Inc. for
> distribution. This variety originated as [(N.J.38 x Anna) polycross].
TropicSweet blooms with
> Anna, but ripens five to seven days before during early June at
Gainesville, Florida. ....
> TropicSweet is recommended for trial in areas where Anna is grown
successfully (North
> central to central Florida has proven most reliable for Anna).
Much more information is available; for example, Google: "apple
varieties" florida -ebay -book -books -auction -amazon
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