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Old 11-19-2013, 09:37 PM
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Previous posters are probably correct. It is common practice to graft "good" orange tree stock onto a "sour" orange tree base in order to get a hardier tree which produces good oranges. Sometimes the tree reverts to the sour stock, usually growing out from below the graft, and the tree does not produce good oranges. Sounds like yours has gone "wild."