ISSUE 86, LOST FRUITS WORTH FINDING, Part 4: Nonpareil Orange
Nonpareil Orange
The annals of American plant development feature relatively few women fruit breeders. Florida had two in the citrus groves: Cornelia Owens of Milwood Plantation in Marion County who worked with her father in creating the Pineapple Orange, and Mary Richard of Arlington River in Duval County.
Richard recognized the special quality of a see…