Similar fruits have been cultivated in other parts of southern Italy as well as in Spain, Morocco, Florida, and California, but, it is said, no one has succeeded in replicating all the qualities of the Sicilian blood orange.
Kuigi veriapelsine on kultiveeritud teisteski Lõuna - Itaalia paikades ning peale selle ka Hispaanias, Marokos ja USAs (Floridas ja Californias), öeldakse, et kuskil mujal ei suudeta kasvatada päris selliste omadustega veriapelsine nagu Sitsiilias.