Thursday, June 10

Cara Cara

(Thursday) Usually when I buy a tree I get it into the ground right away. But it was over a week ago that I bought another Cara Cara tree. And it wasn't until this evening that I finally got it planted.

Cara Cara navel oranges are reddish pink inside and taste like a pink grapefruit -- except without the acid. It is a limb sport (a natural genetic mutation which has been propagated) discovered in Venezuela and introduced into Florida in 1987. They are now available to gardeners through specialty nurseries such as Wal-Mart -- which is where I got mine.

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