My local nursery has these for sell. I read the label. Did I remember right? Did it say only cold hardy to 40F?

While speaking of these. Has anyone noticed the ones without the knob ar jsut a bit sweeter?

Randy

The Orlando is supposed to be more cold tolerant than the Minneola. I can't remember the low for them but they will not have any problem at 40.

Minneola is more cold-hardy than most grapefruit, fine down into the mid-20s at least. They survived on our campus in the Christmas 1989 freeze, when we went to 18° and lost nearly all of our grapefruit.

Thanks for the answers. I must have just looked at it wrong. I was surprised they even had them.

i think I have a line on a Page out of Texas for this fall. I guess I will go with that since the tangelos ripen late.

Randy

I seem to be rare in this regard, but Minneola's just aren't my thing. Maybe I've never had a well ripened one. I will say this, I don't buy much citrus at the stores anymore, it's just too hit and miss.

Ned has a nice Orlando in his yard that produces great fruit. He is in coastal SC so it is quite cold hardy.

Correct me if I'm wrong but won't the rootstock play a big part in how much cold it can handle?

I just bought three Orlando on PT rootstock and I'm hoping that will be the good combination in my area.

WD40,I doubt that you will get a Page, or any other variety, out of Texas. I believe the entire state of Texas is under quarantine. - Millet (662-)

Mark, you're not rare. I'm really not a fan of the Minneola. I know it's touted to be THE citrus, but frankly, I think it just tastes like a tart orange. Which is interesting, because I love the taste of grapefruit, but I like it sweet. Like an Oro Blanco, Melogold or Cocktail. I think a Mnneola just has the tartness of the grapefruit, and the taste of of what to me tastes more like an orange, and not a mandarin. My very favorit citrus are mandarins, then grapefruits. So, you'd think I'd like a Minneola. But, I don't So, I'm going to try propagating Ugli Tangors, and Pearl Minneolas and see if I can get that perfect-to-me cross between the grapefruit flavor, along with the unique tang and sweetness of a mandarin.

It might have been the very cold winter but all the citrus from FL seems to be exceptionally good this year. Not so much from Calif citrus.

Randy

I have an Orlando and do not really like the fruit flavor. It is not bad but the satsumas are much better IMHO. My tangelos are not very sweet and have a lot of acid. The fruits are large and pretty though without any blemish. The Orlando is also not as productive. Maybe it needs a pollinator?


I had a seedling Orlando that was planted in my mother's flower bed. She made me cut it down because it was shading her lilies. It grew to over ten feet tall in only a few years and had huge thorns. It never produced any blossoms or fruit unfortunately. Are seedling Orlandos true to type?