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i think the order of the commonly available (in florida) lychees goes like thissweetheart, early red, mauritius, hak ip, brewster, emperor. harry can fill you in on where the less commonly available ( ie read only available in his yard) lychees fit in- such as kamaina, garnet, groff, ohia, sweet cliff, bengal and groff
lawace-mauritius is the most reliable cropper in S Florida (and in my opinion its also the best tasting)
From what I have seen, I am not sure I agree that it is the #1 commercial variety in Florida. I would give that crown to Brewster (sorry, I don't agree with everything Lycheesonline says). Since there are lychee groves throughout many counties in the state, I am sure there is variance.
Instead of starting a new thread I thought I would bring back to life this old one that didn't get much attention. Does anyone else have any input on the earliest and latest varieties of Lychees? Does anyone in California have info on early and later varieties here? Bill
Quote from: BestDay on April 29, 2016, 02:37:20 PMInstead of starting a new thread I thought I would bring back to life this old one that didn't get much attention. Does anyone else have any input on the earliest and latest varieties of Lychees? Does anyone in California have info on early and later varieties here? BillHere in Florida, for the "main" varieties, Mauritius is early and Emperor is late.
Quote from: bsbullie on April 29, 2016, 02:47:32 PMQuote from: BestDay on April 29, 2016, 02:37:20 PMInstead of starting a new thread I thought I would bring back to life this old one that didn't get much attention. Does anyone else have any input on the earliest and latest varieties of Lychees? Does anyone in California have info on early and later varieties here? BillHere in Florida, for the "main" varieties, Mauritius is early and Emperor is late.At my house, what we have been calling Hak Ip is the earliest maturing lychee. Early Large Red and Mauritius are not far behind. Emperor has always been the last fruit maturing. I hear Groff can take the honors of latest fruiting but my Groff is small and has never set any fruit.
Hi Harry, when does Garnet that you speak so highly of ripen?Bill