date:Jul 22, 2019
e from South Africa and Latin America.
There are late varieties (Valencia Late and Chislett) for which the harvest season starts at the end of June. If kept in cool storage, these varieties can be marketed until August. Small areas devoted to the production of Valencia Late can be found in Sicily, Sardinia, Calabria and Apulia. Italian oranges are threatened by diseases such as the Tristeza virus, which can be tackled with resistant rootstocks, and Exocortite, which can easily spread via prunin