I wonder if Sugar Belle will be available to the homeowner. The University of Florida has patented* the Sugar Belle, and licensed the rights to grow the fruit in the US to a company called New Varieties Development and Management (NVDM). I can’t even tell if that’s a for profit or non-profit company, but either way the plan is then to license the trees (propagated by grafting to maintain the traits that make the Sugar Belle unique) to farmers. Five growers are already growing the trees with more to follow. There also seems to be some Florida-California rivalry going on. NVDM has the rights to the entire US so as long as they’re only interested in selling to Florida growers California growers won’t be able to grow a single Sugar Belle tree. - Millet