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What are you still harvesting?

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jbirdfunk:
I am nearly out of citrus. Besides lemons and limes, most of what I want to eat are at end of season. My mandarins are all done except a few off bloom Gold Nuggets. I ate or gave away all Oro Blanco which I know can hang for a while and I do have a tree of Rio Red. I do still have some Olinda Valencia but they started dropping. What else can I grow here in Southern CA that ripens late and can eat from now until Summer?

I am seeing USA grown mandarins hitting the store now that don't look like they were in cold storage - wondering what else I could add to my orchard to extend the season.

Thanks for any advice.

SoCalGardenNut:
I just harvest a large Good Nuggets from my sister yard, I technically could leave it another month, this seems to be a late variety, next year I will graft more of my citrus tree to Gold Nuggets and then space out my harvest.
This year i was able to graft 4 successful grafts of Gold Nuggets, this must be a very vigorous variety.

ac:
For me, Olinda Valencia is the summer citrus.  They hold well on the tree until late fall.  Some drop early, but those usually have insect damage.  I’m near the coast, so that might make a difference in how long they can hold.

At this point in the season I’m mostly eating Gold Nugget and Ortanique.  Ortanique is reputed to hold well into the summer, but I like them so much I always end up finishing them all in the spring.  I also have some Shasta Gold left, Minneolas, and some Sanguinelli oranges from a late bloom.

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