[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Dick]

Alice, if the tree with dry oranges is any Naval variety, Washington or Robertson, you can probably chalk it up to the variety. Navals prefer a humid climate like Florida and South Texas where many of the commercial groves are located. My own naval often has dry fruit at certain times late in the season but are delicious at others. The dry fruit will never recouperate, however.  If my imagination isn't playing tricks on me, if eaten early in the season, they seem to be delicious. In other words, not leaving them on the tree longer than necessary might make a fifference. My naval in San Diego was totally immune to the problem.

Some of our local Salt River Basin citrus experts might be able to clear up this mystery for us.

Dick Gross, MGV Volunteer

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> My orange tree again this year produced "dry" oranges.  what is causing this?  I live in Lake Havasu City.  The tree was planted about 5 years ago.  I also have  a grapefruit tree planted the same year and they are delicious although rather small.
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