IFAS Extension
Release Date: 1/6/2020
Reviewed At: 8/20/2026
Agriculture
About this Publication
This document is FC49, one of a series of the UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date November 1978. Revised April 1994, November 2000, September 2005, October 2008, and November 2016. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.
Authors
professor emeritus, tropical fruit crop specialist, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL
multi-county tropical fruit crops Extension agent emeritus, UF/IFAS Extension Miami-Dade County
professor and Extension postharvest specialist, UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences, Gainesville, FL
former media artist, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL
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