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New Plants for Florida: Tropical Fruit

Alan H. Chambers and Jonathan H. Crane


Release Date: 1/6/2020

Reviewed At: 7/24/2023

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ag210-2003

Agriculture

Abstract

Florida tropical fruit industry acreage has fluctuated during the past 70 years due to natural disasters, foreign competition and changes in the U.S. demographics. Today, there are about 16,000 acres in cultivation, with an economic impact of over $137 million annually.

About this Publication

This document is Circular 1440, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date August 2003. Revised April 2010, November 2016, and November 2016. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Alan H. Chambers, assistant professor; and Jonathan H. Crane, professor; Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL 33031. Circular 1440 was edited by Richard L. Jones, Mary L. Duryea, and Berry J. Treat, UF/IFAS Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, Gainesville, FL 32611. UF/IFAS Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, Richard L. Jones, Dean for Research, publishes this information to further programs and related activities, available to all persons regardless of race, color, age, sex, disability, or national origin. Information about alternate formats is available from UF/IFAS Communications PO Box 110810, Gainesville, FL 32611-0810.

How to Cite

Chambers, A. H., Crane, J. H., Jones, R. L., Duryea, M., & Treat, B. J. (1969). New Plants for Florida: Tropical Fruit. EDIS, 2003(14). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ag210-2003

Authors

Alan Chambers
Alan Chambers

former assistant professor, genetics and breeding of tropical fruits, Horticultural Sciences Department, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead FL 

Jonathan Crane
Jonathan Crane
Specialist
University of Florida

professor emeritus, tropical fruit crop specialist, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

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