The Tropical Fruit Forum
Citrus => Citrus General Discussion => Topic started by: A.T. Hagan on October 16, 2017, 09:34:04 PM
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Anyone growing the Smith Red Valencia?
What do you think of it?
Also, does anyone know of a source for the Smith in Florida?
Thanks.
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I've got it with the first fruit this year in a 7 gallon pot. It's now
called smith red blood.
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Been thinking about this variety as well, my local citrus nursery sells it under the name Red Valencia. At least I am 90% sure it's this variety, there is another variety called Rhode Red Valencia but that is not really a blood, the one they offer is definitely a blood.
Here is what UCR has on the variety:
http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/smithred.html (http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/smithred.html)
I am interested in finding out how different it is from Moro and Tarocco Bloods as I have mature trees of those two.
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I've got a small one that's only been in the ground for a year and a half, but it's growing like a weed. Very fast growing compared to my other varieties.
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i dont really love the Smith Red Flavor. reliable annual yield but pretty darn tart. its quite likely my location does not get the heat to sweeten properly however.
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Bush2Bush, how old is your Smith Red?
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Smith Red appears to root fairly easily from cuttings.
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6 years
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Citrus start to produce higher quality fruit around 5 years of age. Every year after that the fruit's quality should continue to improve.