These sweet oranges are dependable choices for fresh eating and juicing, with harvest windows that stretch from early winter into spring. Each variety brings a slightly different balance of sweetness, juice, and tree habit.
Arizona Sweet: Arizona Sweet is a Valley favorite for a reason. It produces heavy crops of small-to-medium oranges with few seeds, easy-peeling skin, and a sweet flavor that works equally well for eating fresh or juicing. The tree grows medium to large and can be allowed to become a shade tree or maintained as a productive citrus hedge. It is a dependable, straightforward choice for our desert climate.
Projected harvest: December through March
Early Hamlin: Early Hamlin is a productive sweet orange that starts the season ahead of most varieties. The fruit is smooth, juicy, nearly seedless, and excellent for juicing, with a lighter rind color than many later oranges. The tree is known for reliable crops and better cold tolerance than many sweet oranges. Choose Hamlin when you want fresh orange juice early in the winter citrus season.
Projected harvest: October through December
Trovita: Trovita is a smaller, especially juicy sweet orange with excellent flavor and a spring harvest. It came from a Washington Navel seedling but is sweeter, juicier, and may contain a few seeds. The vigorous, upright tree is productive and can develop good fruit without as much heat as many oranges, making it one of the better choices for a protected patio or large container. Crops may alternate between heavier and lighter years.
Projected harvest: Spring
Harvest timing varies with weather, microclimate, tree age, and care.
These sweet oranges are dependable choices for fresh eating and juicing, with harvest windows that stretch from early winter into spring. Each variety brings a slightly different balance of sweetness, juice, and tree habit.
Arizona Sweet: Arizona Sweet is a Valley favorite for a reason. It produces heavy crops of small-to-medium oranges with few seeds, easy-peeling skin, and a sweet flavor that works equally well for eating fresh or juicing. The tree grows medium to large and can be allowed to become a shade tree or maintained as a productive citrus hedge. It is a dependable, straightforward choice for our desert climate.
Projected harvest: December through March
Early Hamlin: Early Hamlin is a productive sweet orange that starts the season ahead of most varieties. The fruit is smooth, juicy, nearly seedless, and excellent for juicing, with a lighter rind color than many later oranges. The tree is known for reliable crops and better cold tolerance than many sweet oranges. Choose Hamlin when you want fresh orange juice early in the winter citrus season.
Projected harvest: October through December
Trovita: Trovita is a smaller, especially juicy sweet orange with excellent flavor and a spring harvest. It came from a Washington Navel seedling but is sweeter, juicier, and may contain a few seeds. The vigorous, upright tree is productive and can develop good fruit without as much heat as many oranges, making it one of the better choices for a protected patio or large container. Crops may alternate between heavier and lighter years.
Projected harvest: Spring
Harvest timing varies with weather, microclimate, tree age, and care.
