Photo Essay - Cultivate Spring 2022

Students tend to more than 18 different types of citrus trees, including mandarins, navel oranges, limes, lemons, kumquats, and citron. The Kishu mandarin is the smallest mandarin grown on campus, with the fruit averaging the size of a ping pong ball. Citrus harvest begins in January through late May. In 2021, more than 28,000pounds of fruit was picked for wholesale and market customers.

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