When is the orange harvest season?

Oranges are a popular fruit, which is usually harvested in summer and autumn. In the northern hemisphere, the harvest season of oranges is usually between June and September. At this time, the temperature is suitable and the sun is shining, which is the key period for the growth of oranges.

With the arrival of summer, the weather gets warmer and plants begin to flourish. Orange trees are no exception. They began to grow thick leaves and produce delicious oranges. In this season, orange trees will go through many processes of growth and prosperity, which is also a good time for people to harvest oranges.

In the southern part of the northern hemisphere, the citrus harvest season is usually accompanied by the honey pomelo harvest. Honey pomelo, like oranges, is also a fruit in summer and autumn, but their growing seasons are slightly different. The harvest season of honey pomelo is usually between July and 10, which is contrary to that of orange.

Morphological characteristics of citrus

Roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits. Little tree. Simple compound leaves, wing leaves are usually narrow or have only traces, the leaves are lanceolate, elliptic or broadly ovate, with large size variation, and the top is often notched, and the midvein branches from the base to the vicinity of the notch. The upper part of the leaf margin usually has blunt teeth or rounded teeth, and it is rarely entire. Flowers solitary or 2-3 in clusters; Calyx irregularly 5-3-lobed; Petals are usually less than 1.5 cm long; Stamens 20-25, slender style, head-shaped stigma.

The leaves of leafy citrus are evergreen and single compound leaves, which are composed of leaf body and leaf wing. Leaflets are attached to the petiole. Different citrus varieties have leaves of different sizes and shapes. Roots are groups composed of taproots, lateral roots, fibrous roots and root hairs with extremely short ends, which are collectively called roots. Layered or propagated plants, rootless. The joint between the trunk and the root is called the root neck. Branches The branches of citrus are composed of trunk, main branch and lateral branch.