Pomegranate Success! in Mid-Atlantic. I live in Chesapeake VA, which is very near the coast. We have HOT humid summers, but I have had success with my pomegranates

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In hot interior areas of SoCal such as Burbank, San Bernardino, Ramona – Parfianka is hard to beat. If you have a Pomegranate juicer then I could also recommend a few hard seeded varieties with exotic flavor.

For the coastal areas such as Encinitas, Westminster, Redondo Beach, Somis – cultivars like Parfianka and Wonderful will rarely ripen properly. Instead I recommend Eversweet and Myagkosemyannyi Rosovyi. The former was developed by John Chater of Camarillo and is available commercially. The latter is available from members of the CRFG:

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