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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Honeybell orange
« on: January 28, 2012, 09:14:26 AM »
Back in 1950's and before when citrus was grown in Southern California--Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties--those oranges were so much better than Florida oranges.  My produce-vendor neighbor when I was a kid used to call them "the best in the world."

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Here's a few for the fruit hall of shame 

1) Noni (smells like an outhouse)
2) Quince (tastes like soft wood)
3) Kiwano / African Horned melon (why are these even sold?)
4) Pond Apple (Annona glabra) Racoons love them 
 
Also in this group, are those Mangos grown in places like Peru and Mexico that are picked a month before they
are mature, then refrigerated, hot dipped according to USDA requirements and sold here in Florida and elsewhere
in the US for 50cts to $1. The vast majority of these are HORRIBLE     

That would be the infamous Tommy Atkins mango, wouldn't it?  (I'm thinkin' I wanna grow noni for its medicinal value.  Who knows when it might come in handy!)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Honeybell orange
« on: January 27, 2012, 10:25:01 PM »
What is Dekopon, Tim?  (I moved to FL in '88.)
Also back in the 70's, Tim, Orton Englehardt, the inventor of the Rain Bird sprinkler system, and his wife Ann, had a ranch in Escondido, where they grew all kinds of amazing organic fruit.  We'd buy whatever they had ripe and in season.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Honeybell orange
« on: January 27, 2012, 10:17:32 PM »
WAY BACK in the 70's when I lived in Hollywood, CA, in my twenties, there were some organic citrus growers in north San Diego County who grew THE BEST Minneola tangelos.  Towards the end of the season, they were the sweetest, most flavorful citrus imaginable.  We'd drive down from L.A. and bring back several boxes for all our friends.  Good times! 

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And please comment on Pace, as well.

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1. Mango
2. Peach
3. Cherimoya
4. Japanese Plum
5. Fig

Honorable mention: Lychee, Avocado, Sweet Cherry, Apricot, Tangerine/Mandarin, Pineapple, Apple (an heirloom variety), Valencia Orange (end-of-season), Japanese Persimmon, Comice Pear, Muskmelon, Honeydew.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Bender's Tropical Grove
« on: January 26, 2012, 08:05:59 AM »
Thank you so much!  Between you and Jeff Hagen, I should be able to score an Angie without having to go all the way down to Fairchild in July.  (And I'm not the only one looking for this cultivar.)

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Bender's Tropical Grove
« on: January 25, 2012, 08:57:00 AM »
Don't know how, but thanks for the offer.

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Tropical Fruit Buy, Sell & Trade / Re: Bender's Tropical Grove
« on: January 24, 2012, 12:00:28 PM »

When are you going to have Angie mango trees?  Zill is going to send all of theirs to Fairchild for now.  Thanks.

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: It's about to get fun :)
« on: January 21, 2012, 06:45:56 PM »
I'd like to know when SouthFlorida has had a freeze in April, or even March or February, for that matter.  Sounds VERY far-fetched (bordering on impossible) to me!

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: map where people are
« on: January 18, 2012, 03:02:40 PM »
So cool that you can even enlarge the map to the point where you show your exact street location!  I mean, I guess that's cool until someone starts stealing my fruit(?)

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Red Custard Apple in Israel
« on: January 18, 2012, 08:39:07 AM »
Where can we purchase a "Big Red" sugar apple tree?

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: 10-30 Ruby Supreme Guava.
« on: January 16, 2012, 06:53:15 PM »
Ditto for me.  I need to know if I should plant one, or not?  I love that beverage the Mexicans make with guava--"agua fresca."

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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: More Than a...Spring Plant Sale & Show
« on: January 15, 2012, 10:12:22 PM »
Did you leave out the "where" and the "when?"

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