Even if a red delicious tree would grow here, it would never produce fruit. In Central Florida, we have four apple cultivars that we can grow: Dorsett Golden, Ein Shemer, Anna and Tropic Sweet.

As alluded to above, two types of blueberries can be grown in Northeast Florida, Southern Highbush and Rabbiteye. Generally, rabbiteye blueberries do better here because they bear fruit later and ...

The fruit, which can range from sour to super-sweet, follows fragrant pinkish-red blossoms. Carambola trees (Averrhoa carambola), grow up to 25 feet tall on well-drained sites in sun or light ...

Instead, South Florida’s lychee trees use up energy to grow more leaves throughout warm fall and winter seasons instead of waiting to put out blooms that will turn into fruit.

He sells the fruit for about $5 a pound, and a tree for $60. He said breadfruit's weakness is it has a short shelf life, something he said University of Florida researchers are looking at now.

Producing profitable fruit was an uphill battle, so Schifino said he burned all the trees in 2010 and converted the land to pasture. Two years later, he sold 75%, or about 15 acres.

The tree has a name: Donaldson. Mattia called it the most researched tree in the state of Florida. It’s also the tree that growers hope will save the state’s citrus industry.

Loquat The loquat or Japanese Plum is often seen as an evergreen ornamental tree in Florida, although it is grown commercially for its fruit in Mediterranean climates. As a child growing up, I was ...

Figs Figs are technically not fruit. They are actually modified stems that are hollow and fleshy. However, for the purpose of this article, we will call them a fruit. Figs are relatively easy to ...