Florida Oranges

[Northerner52]

Where do you buy them?
Are they seedless?

[gadaboutgal]

Tis the end of Florida orange season. They are produced October to June but are most plentiful December thru February; that is when you will see them everywhere on roadside stands. The ones I have always gotten do have seeds.

[joseppe]

Where do you buy them?
Are they seedless?


I believe that most Florida oranges are grown for Juice. Seeded, Valencia oranges (I think). California on the other coast grows a good deal of Navel oranges that are seedless and what you find for 'eating' rather than juicing.

[JerryLBell]

Honeybell Tangelos are a great Florida breed if you like sweet, juicy, seedless oranges. They are usually available in the Farmers Market in Brownwood and elsewhere in the January-February timeframe. I actually prefer Temple Oranges, another Florida brand, despite them having a ton of seeds. They are just the sweetest, juiciest oranges ever. However, almost nobody grows them anymore and when they do, they often sell them out of state for top dollar. Honeybells are my fallback orange.

[MandoMan]

Honeybell Tangelos are a great Florida breed if you like sweet, juicy, seedless oranges. They are usually available in the Farmers Market in Brownwood and elsewhere in the January-February timeframe. I actually prefer Temple Oranges, another Florida brand, despite them having a ton of seeds. They are just the sweetest, juiciest oranges ever. However, almost nobody grows them anymore and when they do, they often sell them out of state for top dollar. Honeybells are my fallback orange.

I wish more people grew oranges in their yards, especially in courtyards where the heat on the walls would help them survive.

[Stu from NYC]

I wish more people grew oranges in their yards, especially in courtyards where the heat on the walls would help them survive.

Can they be successfully grown here?

Turns out we have a lemon tree in our yard which unfortunately has not borne fruit for past few years,

[JerryLBell]

Can they be successfully grown here? Turns out we have a lemon tree in our yard which unfortunately has not borne fruit for past few years,
I am pretty ignorant on growing fruiting plants, but I thought I'd heard that you need at least two trees of any kind of citrus to cross-pollinate them. And you might need enough other flowering plants around to draw in the bees to do the pollination. But I could be completely wrong here.

[TimeForChange]

Are you kidding? Back in the 60's when you drove South on what is now just the Turnpike (Sunshine State Parkway then) South of 44 and you reached a few miles below Leesburg there were nothing but orange groves on both sides for miles and miles.

[Stu from NYC]

Are you kidding? Back in the 60's when you drove South on what is now just the Turnpike (Sunshine State Parkway then) South of 44 and you reached a few miles below Leesburg there were nothing but orange groves on both sides for miles and miles.

Considering how the ground was dug up around here is the soil in the TV still conducive to growing oranges?