Major Commercial Citrus Varieties of the United States

Abstract

Abstract Citrus was introduced to Florida by the early Spanish explorers more than 400 years ago, and to Arizona and California about 200 and Texas about 150 years later by Spanish missionaries. Some of the varieties grown today are selections from seedlings planted by these early Spanish explorers and missionaries. Production was confined largely to local use until the development of effective rail transportation beginning about 100 years ago.