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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Miami Rare Fruit Council is having a Citrus Tree Sale, Fund Raiser 6/13 & 14
« on: June 03, 2015, 08:55:22 PM »
The Rare Fruit Council will be having a Citrus Tree Sale, Fund Raiser next weekend Saturday and Sunday, June 13th & 14th at Margarita's Fruit Stand on Krome Avenue.
15585 SW 177th Ave (156 st and Krome) 8 am - 4 pm. We will have over 200 citrus trees available for sale with a wide variety. Cultural tips will be provided.
Varieties available:
Roble Orange: Juicing orange, fruit is medium sized, seedless with good flavor and color. Early season orange. Tree is vigorous and productive.
Valencia: Medium-large fruit that is seedless, very juicy, excellent flavor and color. Valencia is the only variety to have both the old and new crops on the tree after bloom. Harvested March to June. Tree is somewhat upright, vigorous and prolific.
Pink Sensation Pummelo:Large pear shaped fruit with pink flesh. Very juicy and sweet. Segments hold together well, so it does good in salads and grilling.
Owari Satsuma Tangerine/ Mandarin: Tree is slow growing with an open growth habit. Very cold tolerant. Fruit is medium sized with orange flesh that is seedless, rich in flavor and juicy. Fruit does not hold well to tree, but does store well. Clip to harvest. Harvested November to December. Beautiful fruit.
Meyer Lemon: Considered everbearing, the blooms are very aromatic. It is a lemon and orange hybrid. It is very cold hardy. Fruit is round with a thin rind. Fruit is juicy and has a very nice flavor, with a low acidity.
Minneola Tangelo: A Duncan and Dancy hybrid also called with "Honeybell". Fruit is bell shaped, juicy, sweet and seedless. Harvested December to February. Tree is highly cold tolerant.
Meiwa Kumquat: Sweet round fruit that is used in preserves and eaten whole. Tree is compact and very suitable for container growing. Tree is very cold hardy. The fruit is harvested from November to April.
Nagami Kumquat: Fruit is oval, dark orange, very flavorful, tart. It is used in marmalades, cooking and eaten whole. Harvested from November to April. The tree has very compact dense foliage. Very ornimental and does great as a containerized tree. Because of its appearance, this variety is used in landscaping. It is very cold tolerant.
Nine Pounder Lemon: Very large fruit, very ornamental, small tree with 1-9 lb fruit. Bright yellow and juicy. Great for lemonade or freezing juice.
Red Shaddock Pummelo: Large pear shaped fruit with red flesh. Very juicy and sweet. Segments hold together well, so it does good in salads and grilling.
Baboon Lemon, large fruit, prolific, ever bearing excellent lemon
Key lime: grafted trees, prolific producers of small yellow to green tart fruit, ever bearing.
Pineapple Orange: Mid season orange. Very sweet and juicy with good internal color. December - February. Pineapple orange has been the leading midseason variety with good external color and internal quality. Its juice color will stand without blending.
Royal Grapefruit: This Florida variety has a relatively small, nearly round, orange-yellow, seedy fruit of sweet flavor that lacks the typical grapefruit bitterness and aroma and is suggestive of sweet orange. While a distinctive variety, Royal may possibly be grapefruit-orange hybrids (orangelos).
Thompson Pink Grapefruit: The Thompson Pink Grapefruit originated in 1913 as a pink-fleshed sport of the Marsh White Grapefruit. It is also called Pink Marsh It is seedless as Marsh White and has the same appearance inside and outside of the fruit. It matures earlier than Marsh White, from October through February but can hold its fruit on the tree for many months. It has a high yield and the tree will grow to 25 feet.
The RARE FRUIT COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL (RFCI) , founded in 1955 with headquarters in Miami, Florida, is the premier organization dedicated to the education, introduction, and promotion of rare tropical fruits. It is a nonprofit club. All proceeds will go to the education and promotion of tropical fruits.
15585 SW 177th Ave (156 st and Krome) 8 am - 4 pm. We will have over 200 citrus trees available for sale with a wide variety. Cultural tips will be provided.
Varieties available:
Roble Orange: Juicing orange, fruit is medium sized, seedless with good flavor and color. Early season orange. Tree is vigorous and productive.
Valencia: Medium-large fruit that is seedless, very juicy, excellent flavor and color. Valencia is the only variety to have both the old and new crops on the tree after bloom. Harvested March to June. Tree is somewhat upright, vigorous and prolific.
Pink Sensation Pummelo:Large pear shaped fruit with pink flesh. Very juicy and sweet. Segments hold together well, so it does good in salads and grilling.
Owari Satsuma Tangerine/ Mandarin: Tree is slow growing with an open growth habit. Very cold tolerant. Fruit is medium sized with orange flesh that is seedless, rich in flavor and juicy. Fruit does not hold well to tree, but does store well. Clip to harvest. Harvested November to December. Beautiful fruit.
Meyer Lemon: Considered everbearing, the blooms are very aromatic. It is a lemon and orange hybrid. It is very cold hardy. Fruit is round with a thin rind. Fruit is juicy and has a very nice flavor, with a low acidity.
Minneola Tangelo: A Duncan and Dancy hybrid also called with "Honeybell". Fruit is bell shaped, juicy, sweet and seedless. Harvested December to February. Tree is highly cold tolerant.
Meiwa Kumquat: Sweet round fruit that is used in preserves and eaten whole. Tree is compact and very suitable for container growing. Tree is very cold hardy. The fruit is harvested from November to April.
Nagami Kumquat: Fruit is oval, dark orange, very flavorful, tart. It is used in marmalades, cooking and eaten whole. Harvested from November to April. The tree has very compact dense foliage. Very ornimental and does great as a containerized tree. Because of its appearance, this variety is used in landscaping. It is very cold tolerant.
Nine Pounder Lemon: Very large fruit, very ornamental, small tree with 1-9 lb fruit. Bright yellow and juicy. Great for lemonade or freezing juice.
Red Shaddock Pummelo: Large pear shaped fruit with red flesh. Very juicy and sweet. Segments hold together well, so it does good in salads and grilling.
Baboon Lemon, large fruit, prolific, ever bearing excellent lemon
Key lime: grafted trees, prolific producers of small yellow to green tart fruit, ever bearing.
Pineapple Orange: Mid season orange. Very sweet and juicy with good internal color. December - February. Pineapple orange has been the leading midseason variety with good external color and internal quality. Its juice color will stand without blending.
Royal Grapefruit: This Florida variety has a relatively small, nearly round, orange-yellow, seedy fruit of sweet flavor that lacks the typical grapefruit bitterness and aroma and is suggestive of sweet orange. While a distinctive variety, Royal may possibly be grapefruit-orange hybrids (orangelos).
Thompson Pink Grapefruit: The Thompson Pink Grapefruit originated in 1913 as a pink-fleshed sport of the Marsh White Grapefruit. It is also called Pink Marsh It is seedless as Marsh White and has the same appearance inside and outside of the fruit. It matures earlier than Marsh White, from October through February but can hold its fruit on the tree for many months. It has a high yield and the tree will grow to 25 feet.
The RARE FRUIT COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL (RFCI) , founded in 1955 with headquarters in Miami, Florida, is the premier organization dedicated to the education, introduction, and promotion of rare tropical fruits. It is a nonprofit club. All proceeds will go to the education and promotion of tropical fruits.
