Variety displays, research reviews, tours, and field days are scheduled for the coming months; mark your calendars now.

Citrus variety displays and other events that showcase new citrus varieties in development are planned for the upcoming months. According to a Citrus Industry article, events like variety displays, field days, tours, and more “not only showcase the collective pursuit of industry needs and priorities, but they afford stakeholders an opportunity to monitor the progress and interact directly with scientists and support staff. This is an investment of time, but it’s essential to facilitate dialogue around these important topics.” See the details of upcoming events below.

Upcoming Variety Displays and More

CREC Citrus Variety Displays

Location: University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC), Ben Hill Griffin Auditorium, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, Florida 33850

Dates:

  • Oct. 24, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
  • Dec. 18, 2024, 1:00 p.m. (immediately after the OJ Break)
  • Feb. 13, 2025, 10:00 a.m.

“The CREC plant improvement team has a large volume of all citrus types in its inventory but works hard to present a manageable number of selections at these events. Displays lean heavy to the varieties maturing at the time of the display. Grapefruit, pummelos, oranges, orange-like hybrids, mandarin hybrids and acid fruit are included in the displays…”

Whitmore Farm Field Day

Location:23402 USDA Road, Groveland, Florida 34736

Date:Dec. 6, 2024, 10:00 a.m.

“The Whitmore Foundation Farm Open House, Research Field Tour and Variety Displayis hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and Citrus Research Foundation. Attendees will be treated to a hayride tour of the farm. The tour will include a new early-orange planting, scion variety development, rootstock trials, the Whitmore rootstock seed-block, a demonstration planting and more…”

Gainesville Citrus Variety Display

Location: The Teaching Orchard, 1786 IFAS Research Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32611

Date: Nov. 18, 2024, 10:00 a.m.

“The variety display activities will include presentations by researchers on the progress of citrus breeding at the University of Florida, Gainesville teaching orchard…”

Millennium Block Field Day

Location: UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center, 2199 South Rock Road, Fort Pierce, Florida 34945

Date: Nov. 7, 2024, 10:00 a.m.

“During the Millennium Block Field Day, participants will join a new walk-thru tour of the experimental grove where many varieties show promise with trees that tolerate citrus greening…”

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