Citrus tangelo J.W. Ingram & H. E. Moore

CRC 2788
PI 149430

Source

Received as seed from Glenn Dale, Maryland, 1954.

Parentage/origins

It is a hybrid of Duncan grapefruit and Dancy mandarin.

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

October to November

Notes and observations

EMN, 4/1987: Sunshine in a large fruit with yellow to medium orange rind color, not an attractive fruit, does not peel & section readily, orange flesh, tart flavor.

Availability

Not commercially available in California.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Sunshine tangelo