Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck RUTACEAE

CRC 1693
PI 539590
 

Source

Received as seed from selected progeny in 1924 rootstock nursery, 1927.

Parentage/origins

Parents unknown. 

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange 

Season of ripeness at Riverside

January to March
 

Notes and observations

HJW: This was the largest seedling among 48 seedlings of this Bessie orange. When this seedling was budded to Lisbon lemon, buds were taken from top and inserted in seedlings of Box Springs sour orange, (CRC 628). 

2/08/1988, EMN: This is a typical mid-season, seedy sweet orange. This acc. and CRC 245 appear alike.
 

Availability

Not commercially available in California. 

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Bessie sweet orange (CRC 1693)