Hamlin orange is well known to Filipinos although we ay not have had an inkling about this. The imported "Sunkist" brand oranges now sold on the sidewalks and markets in our big towns are Hamlin. The tree bears small to medium-sized fruits that are also seedless and early maturing. Although its quality is inferior compared to other sweet oranges, Hamlin's productivity, seedlessness, and early fruiting makes it popular orange in the US, especially in Florida.

Valencia orange may be the world's leading commercial sweet orange variety. The tree's fruit is medium to large-sized and seedless. It's eating quality is the standard of excellence against which other sweet oranges are ranged. This variety, however, may not be profitable to grow in the Philippines. This is because the flowering to ripening period of this variety takes 14 months. Many orchardists and home gardeners in Luzon today, especially those who bought seedlings from nurseries in Laguna and Batangas, they think they have planted Valencia orange trees. But the trees may be actually a grapefruit, thus bear fruits that are not sweet. We do not know whether this is an honest mistake of the propagators (leaves. flowers and tree shape of both varieties are identical but grapefruit, being a proximate pummelo cousin, has much larger fruit), or if they deliberately fooled people. Because of Valencia orange's popularity, they may have wanted to make fast money by passing off budded grapefruit seedlings as Valencia orange.

Pineapple orange is the leading mid-season sweetest orange in the US where it was originated. The somewhat flattened fruit is medium to large-size and contains 15 to 25 seeds per fruit. In eating quality, it is better than Hamlin 

Because it is not sweet just like our native pummelo, most Filipino consumers reject grapefruits. Nevertheless, Filipino women still buy grapefruit capsules to maintain their slim bodies. To suit the Filipino taste grapefruit's quality can be improved by applying potassium fertilizer to the tree during fruiting time.

The good news is, a new variety of grapefruit from the US is currently being propagated for future distribution. This variety is seedless, has red flesh and it is neither sour nor bitter.

Grapefruit is a small tree that bears fruits continuously in the Philippines using the double rootstock technology.

The native lime is susceptible to gummosis that makes the lifespan short. Application of too much Nitrogen (urea) or no fertilizer (balanced nutrition) enhances gummosis that kills lime.

The imported Thai Lime from Thailand is more resistant to gummosis that our native lime which has a distinct flavor.  email for reservation at ka_bernie_dizon@yahoo.com.ph

Bearse lime is a big as the orange fruit; it is seedless and juicy thus, an excellent juice material. It continuously fruits in our demo farm.

Lemon has thick rind and juice. It is often used as a mix for flavoring of alcoholic beverages as well as juice.

VARIEGATED LEMON. Besides the green leaf lemon that came from the US, there is now variegated leaf lemon that can be used both as ornamental and economic decorative tree in your garden.

Calamansi or calamondin is a native citrus that mostly used in everyday kitchen for juice and flood flavor.

Although calamansi is a seasonal fruit (particularly those which come from Batangas and Mindoro where they bear fruits only during rainy season), it could be induced to bear fruit when provided with irrigation. During off-season fruiting, calamansi can be sold even at P60 per kilo.

For backyard planting, the Tomboy calamansi which has big fruits could be planted even in cans or plastic containers.

	VARIEGATED CALAMANSI
There is also a variegated calamansi with juice similar to native calamansi that could serve as an ornamental plant in your garden.