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The Lane Late navel orange tree can be used to extend your navel harvest season while maintaining high-quality fruit late into spring. Lane Late isn’t necessarily sweeter or more colorful than earlier navels, but it used to stand out for its exceptional hang time and ability to retain internal quality long after most navels begin to lose texture or flavor. It is now largely obsolete, with many growers preferring newer selections such as Powell or Carninka.

A Late Lane navel orange tree from TreeSource typically begins producing its first fruit about 2 to 3 years after planting, depending on growing conditions, rootstock, and orchard management. Trees are shipped as vigorous, field-ready stock that establishes quickly once planted, especially when soil preparation, irrigation, and fertility programs are properly managed from the start.

Yes. But there are restrictions on minimum order qualities, so be sure and call Sales to find out the details.

Lane Late navel orange trees perform best in warm, inland Mediterranean-type climates where long, hot summers and mild winters allow full rind coloration and complete internal maturity. Ideal regions include California’s San Joaquin Valley, Kern County, Tulare County, and other interior citrus belts, where daytime heat units are high and night temperatures cool gradually in fall and winter—conditions that enhance sweetness, peel color, and overall fruit quality.

Lane Late can tolerate moderate cold, but like all navels, it’s sensitive to hard freezes below 28°F (-2°C), particularly when trees are young or laden with fruit. In coastal areas with cooler summers, Lane Late may color more slowly and develop slightly less sugar than in inland sites, but the fruit still maintains excellent texture and flavor when harvested later.

Very little. They will require dead wood removal when about 6 years old, but besides that, they would only be pruned to manage the size of the canopy within the location they were planted.