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Citrus Variety Trials Underway at UF/IFAS NFREC-Quincy
A citrus variety trial was established in 2011 at the North Florida Research and Education Center to evaluate their potential for Northwest Florida. Photo Credit:Doug Mayo Researchers at the UF/IFAS...
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Low-Input Sustainable Pecan Trial in North Florida
Traditionally, the southeastern United States, and particularly Georgia, was the major pecan producing region in the world. Within the last 20 years, the arid western states (mainly Arizona, Texas and...
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A New Chestnut Trial Planned for NFREC-Quincy
The loss of the American Chestnut (Casteneae dentata) was one of the largest mass extinctions occurring in North America due to the chestnut blight fungus. The American chestnut (Casteneae dentata) was...
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Oriental Persimmons Varieties for North Florida
Oriental persimmon trees are suitable for small scale local production, or for the home gardener. Two species of persimmons are grown in the United States, the American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)...
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Mechanical Pruning of Muscadine Grapevines
Muscadine grapevines Photo credit: Pete Anderson Muscadine grapes (Vitis rotundifolia Michx.) subgenus Muscadinia are different from European and American bunch grapes (subgenus Euvitis) in chromosome...
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New Peach Cultivar Trial at the North Florida Research and Education Center
Prunus species require the accumulation of cold winter temperatures to allow for normal bud development and budbreak in the spring. Traditional temperate zone peach and nectarine cultivars require 800...
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Florida Deciduous Fruit and Nut Crop Acreage Estimates by County
A dramatic 225% gain was recorded for blueberry acreace in Florida from 3,292 in 2002 to 7,377 in 2012. Photo credit: Doug Mayo USDA Acreage Estimates of Deciduous Fruit and Nut Crops in Florida for...
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Preliminary Results from the North Florida Olive Variety Trial
Olive variety trial at UF/IFAS NFREC-Quincy. Photo credit: Pete Anderson There is substantial interest in growing olives (Olea europaea) in northern Florida and southern Georgia. Thus far, olives have...
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UF/IFAS Evaluating Cold-Hardy Citrus Varieties for the Panhandle
Source: Pete Andersen The relatively mild winter temperatures during the last two decades has led to a resurgence of interest in cold hardy citrus in North Florida. Satsumas account for almost all of...
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Update on Pecan Cultivar Evaluation Trial in North Florida
The pecan (Carya illinoenensis, family Juglandaceae) is native to the Mississippi floodplain of North America. The pecan tree requires deep soils with an abundant supply of soil moisture. A large...
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Late Winter Freeze Events Eliminated the 2018 Peach Crop in North Florida
The warm February prompted early bloom in 2018, but March freezes wiped out most of the fruit in the variety trial at NFREC Quincy. Peter C. Andersen University of Florida North Florida Research and...
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Impact of Hurricane Winds on Pecan Varieties
Impact of Hurricane Michael on seven year old pecan trees at Quincy Research Station. In an era of climate change with a higher frequency of tropical storms and hurricanes, resistance to storm injury...
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Quincy Citrus Variety Evaluation Update
The Satsuma cultivars are the most cold-hardy commercial citrus, and most popular in the Florida Panhandle, but based on UF/IFAS variety testing results, there is an opportunity to diversify with...
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Impact of Hurricane Winds on Citrus Varieties Being Evaluated in Quincy
On October 10, 2018 Hurricane Michael made landfall at Mexico Beach in the Florida Panhandle as a category 5 storm with 160 mph winds. The eye of this hurricane moved quickly in a northeastward...
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