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Citrus and Subtropical FruitsFall 2004 Subtropical Fruits Origin Between Tropical Temperate 10 - 30o Latitude Balance between heat frost “In-between” area Many excellent fruit crops Origin of Subtropicals Persia americana - Central America Persia drymifolia - S. Mexico Citrus medica - India 330 BC (BCE) Citrus aurantifolia - India S.E. Asia Citrus limon - S.E. Asia Citrus aurantium - South Vietnam Citrus sinensis - S. China / Indonesia East Coast Introductions 1565 - St. Augustine - Ponce de Leon 1764 - Turnbull - wild citrus for Indio 1809 - Grapefruit by Don Phillippe (pummelo x mandar