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Derald wrote:
"Marie Dodge" 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.
I suggest that unless you want to reward land theft and genocide, you
should boycott anything Zionist (Israeli).
Using Google I queried "nursery, apple tree varieties, Arizona ". One
of the results
washttp://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/garden/mg/fruit/planting.html
Thinking that may be too dry I queried "nursery, apple tree varieties,
Alabama". One of the results was
http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-1138/
Dry or humid one or the other should have an apple for you.
Happy crunching.
`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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