Pepino vs Sweet Orange
Both are Fruit. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.
Pepino
Sweet Orange
| Measure | Pepino | Sweet Orange |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Sep–Oct | Jul–Aug (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 4–6 mo | 4–5 yr to bear |
| Spacing | 1 × 0.8 m | 6 × 6 m |
| Soil pH | 6.0–7.0 | 6.0–7.5 |
| Water | 500–750 | 900–1200 |
| Temperature °C | 15–25 | 20–32 |
| Seed rate | Nursery | 270 plants |
| Yield | 25–40 t | 20–25 t |
| Watch for | Aphid, virus | Citrus canker, leaf miner, psylla |