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University of California Cooperative Extension Ventura County
669 County Square Drive, Suite 100
Ventura, CA 93003
Phone: 805.645.1451
Fax: 805.645.1474
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The office will be closed for the following holidays:
March 29 – Ceaser Chavez Day
May 27 – Memorial Day
June 19 – Juneteenth
July 4 - Independence Day
Citrus and Other Subtropicals
Can usually be grown in Sunset Climate zones 21-24. Planting season March-September.
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| Avocado | Hass | Apr - Nov | The Standard | |
| Pinkerton | Oct- Mar | No fruit in zone 24 | ||
| Reed | Summer | Very prolific | ||
| Bacon | Oct - Mar | Less oil than others | ||
| Gwen | Feb - Jun | Heavy producer | ||
| Wertz | May - Sept | Small tree |
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| Babaco | No selections | Fall/winter | Starts easily from cuttings |
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| Banana | Cuban Red | Fall | Propagate from pups (offshoots), without warm summer and fall, tend to be starchy | |
| Orinoco | Fall | |||
| Lady Finger | Fall | |||
| Manzana | Fall | |||
| Ice Cream | Fall |
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| Cherimoya | Bays | Nov-June | Seedlings often worth trying, all varieties are briefly spring deciduous | |
| White | Nov-June | |||
| Pierce | Nov-June | |||
| Ott | Nov-June | |||
| Booth | Nov-June |
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| Feijoa | Apollo | Sep-Jan |
Tolerates wide variety of conditions |
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| Coolidge | Sep-Jan | |||
| Mammoth | Sep-Jan | |||
| Triumph | Sep-Jan |
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| Grapefruit | Redblush | Winter | Grapefruit tend to be quite acid in areas other than zone 21 | |
| Oroblanco | Winter | |||
| Marsh | Winter | |||
| Melo Gold | Winter | Somewhat bitter | ||
| Rocktail | Winter | Needs least amount of heat for sweetening |
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| Guava | Beaumont | Fall | Can withstand droughts, some seedless selections | |
| Detwiler | Fall | |||
| Red Indian | Fall | |||
| Riverside | Fall | |||
| Turnbull | Fall |
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| Kumquat | Nagami | Winter | Holds on tree for months | |
| Meiwi | Winter | Sweeter |
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| Lemon | Eureka | All year | Commercial standard | |
| Lisbon | All year | Thorny, more resistant to cold | ||
| Meyer | All year | Sweeter than others, smaller tree, more cold tolerant |
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| Lime | Bearss | All year | Juicy | |
| Rangpur | Nov-Feb | Not a lime, very acid |
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| Litchi | Brewster | Fall | Air-layered, with initially weak root system | |
| Mauritius | Fall | |||
| Kaimana | Fall | |||
| Emperor | Fall |
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| Longan | Kohala | Fall | Commonly air-layered |
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| Loquat | Champagne | Summer/fall | Very prolific, highly perishable | |
| Mammoth | Summer | |||
| Big Jim | Summer | Needs cross-pollinization |
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| Macadamia | Beaumont | Fall/ winter | Light roasting eases cracking but a hard nut to crack | |
| Cate | Fall/ winter | |||
| Cooper | Fall/ winter |
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| Mandarins | Satsuma | Winter | As a group need pruning to limit alternate bearing | |
| Kara | Winter | Does not hold well, fruit drys out | ||
| Algerian | Winter | Holds well on tree | ||
| Encore | Winter | |||
| Pixie | Spring/summer | Holds well on tree | ||
| Minneola Tangelo | Spring |
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| Mango | Keitt | Fall | Some varieties are true to seed | |
| Thomson | Fall | |||
| Winters | Fall | |||
| Atualfo | Fall |
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| Orange | Valencia | Summer | There are selections of Valencia and Navels that are both earlier and later than standards | |
| Navel | Winter | |||
| Sanquinelli/ Moro |
Winter | Blood orange, colors well in zone 21 |
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| Papaya | Solo | 8 months after bloom | Often lacks flavor of tropics, and male and female flowers often borne on separate plants | |
| Mexican | 8 months after bloom |
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| Pitahya | No selections | Summer | Propagate from cuttings |
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| Passionfruit | Frederick | June - Feb | Propagate from seed or cuttings, fruit tastes best when shriveled, vines can become infected | |
| Red Rover | June - Feb | |||
| Nancy Garrison | June - Feb |
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| Star fruit | Arkin | Fall | Somewhat insipid flavor, but gorgeous as garnish |
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| White sapote | Suebelle | Fall | Roots invasive, enormous amount of fruit ripens at one time | |
| Lemon Gold | Fall | |||
| Pike | Fall |