why is the fruit dropping off the tree?

I have a 35 year old navel orange tree. This year, good size fruit keep falling off the tree, not quite ripe. Why?

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#1 Comment By Alisma On 11/11/2016 @ 4:48 pm

See the section about fruit drop in this article on citrus trees:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs141 ^[1]

This article is about lemons, but it applies to oranges too:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/lemons/lemon-tree-fruit-drop.htm ^[2]

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[1] http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs141: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs141

[2] https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/lemons/lemon-tree-fruit-drop.htm: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/lemons/lemon-tree-fruit-drop.htm

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