Early risers

摘要

Weigh the benefits of two newer orange varieties against their drawbacks. Fleven years after the University of Florida released two early maturing orange varieties, growers and nurserymen say they have enough experience with them to know their upsides as well as their downsides. The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred released Earlygold and Vernia in 1999 after Bill Castle, a horticulture professor at the center, evaluated them.