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Help me choose!

16 years ago

Would like to add another citrus to my bunch (this is an addiction that takes over quickly isn't it?) and my local nursery is having a sale on citrus trees this month. I'd love some help choosing a variety. Sorry they are all over the place, but this is about as far as I could narrow it down. I currently have a navel orange that I do not have too much info on. It was a gift last year and all I know is that it is a dwarf navel orange. It has not seemed to do as well as my other trees this year in growth and has had some fruit split on the few fruit it set (which I understand is somewhat normal for a navel orange). So I am hoping to supplement my mini orchard with another orange-y variety that sets reliable yields on a somewhat compact tree (or could just keep it pruned to a reasonable level) with fruit having either no seeds or few seeds. I am in Houston, can grow it in a container or ground (soil does have clay in it but other varieties seem to do just fine). I just had a Minneola Tangelo as part of my lunch today and I am leaning that way at this second, but I also love Cara Cara and so many of the others. I am thinking of digging up the navel orange and trying it in a pot. It might be happier and healthier that way. Let me know what you think!

Here is the list:

Orange: Blood (15 gal.), Republic of Texas (15 gal.), Marrs, Cara Cara Navel, .Tarocco Blood, Midknight Valencia

Satsumas: Owari, Okitsu, Miho, Seto, Brown Select (including dwarf Brown select)

Other citrus varieties: Page Mandarin, Kishu Seedless Manadarin, Minneola Tangelo, Clementine Tangerine

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