Although continental Spain is considered a temperate country, where temperate fruits, olives and also citrus are the main tree fruit crops, subtropical fruits such as avocado and cherimoya have been long cultivated in the coastal areas of Andalusia, and also in the Canaries, blessed with a spring-type, frost-free climate, where particularly bananas, but also papaya, mango and pineapple are traditional crops (Fig. 1). Other tropical and subtropical fruits are also cultivated in small scale or in experimental basis both in the Canaries or in the mainland (Table 1).
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