Apples in Florida
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Apples in Florida are not like the apples that grow in the north. I was born and raised in Virginia, so apples were part of the landscape there. I missed seeing apples blossoms and apple trees once I moved to Florida.
When I was living in Gainesville, I bought some trees that had been cultivated from Israeli varieties – the “Anna” and “Dorsett Golden”. I bought several trees of each, since they need one another for cross pollination.
I never did put them in the ground, because shortly after I bought them, I found out my then husband was probably being transferred back to Tampa. They came back to the Tamp area with us in the move.
Now I have them in very large pots on the back patio and they are doing so well, despite the fact that most people say they need to be further north in the state to do well. At almost all times throughout the year, we have trees in different stages of production. Right now we have some apples with nothing but buds, some with lovely pink blossoms, and some with ripening apples.
I took a photo of some of the apples. They are growing in droves, but they are small – barely 2 inches across. That is just the nature of these particular varieties.
The apples in the pictures are the “Anna” variety, I think. They are green with a red blush, so I am pretty sure that is what they are.
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