Bey navel orange

Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck

CRC 3406
PI 262348

Source

Received as seed from John Carpenter, USDCS, Indio CA, 1960.

Parentage/origins

Parents unknown. Open-pollinated seedling.

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

December to January

Notes and observations

EMN, 2/12/1988: Fruit has 3 or 4 seeds each. To be used for breeding purposes. Bou Rouhains-Alger navel or orange du Bay. From Souelah citrus collection near Marrakech, Morocco. Vigorous, upright trees; many fruit already on ground. Most fruits have very small external navel structure. Usually 1 or 2 seeds per fruit. Typical navel flavor.