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Re: University Of Florida Releases Two New Citrus Varieties
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2014, 04:35:54 PM »
They look great, but it sounds like they will only be available to commercial growers, at least for a while :(
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Re: University Of Florida Releases Two New Citrus Varieties
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2014, 05:10:24 PM »
They seem like varieties I'd like to try.  They need to find better names for them, though. 
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Re: University Of Florida Releases Two New Citrus Varieties
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2014, 10:39:40 AM »
Its always fun to try new varieties.

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Re: University Of Florida Releases Two New Citrus Varieties
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2014, 06:13:59 PM »
They seem like varieties I'd like to try.  They need to find better names for them, though.

UF will probably have a different name for the selections once enough are grown to produce large volumes of fruit.  They will trademark the names for more control (compared to patents), and for marketing purposes.

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Re: University Of Florida Releases Two New Citrus Varieties
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2014, 10:11:24 PM »
Its always fun to try new varieties.

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