I would like to comment on one of the comments above. If you are not going to be full time residents and decide to plant fruit trees, I do hope you are generous enough to have your neighbors pick the fruit for themselves. In my travels around The Villages, I have seen several homes with fruit trees where no one picks them and the fruit falls to the ground. Not only is this an obstacle for lawncare services but will also attract unwanted rodents and bugs. In my last neighborhood, it was written into the deed restrictions that no fruit trees were permitted for just that reason. Just food for thought ... pun intended.
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