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Sunburst mandarin

Citrus reticulata Blanco RUTACEAE

CRC 3809
PI 539520
VI 377


Source

Received as budwood from Florida, 1979.


Parentage/origins

Robinson mandarin x Osceola mandarin


Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange


Season of ripeness at Riverside

December to February


Notes and observations

This accession had thermotherapy when imported from Florida.

3/1987, EMN: Small fruit, most on ground now. Sunburst is a beautiful dark orange color and smooth rind- these are its only attributes. It is too seedy, too small, a very poor peeler, has some Encore-like spots. Flavor is good.


Availability

Commercially available in California through the Citrus Clonal Protection ProgramClick here to order budwood.

 

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Sunburst mandarin

 

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Photos by David Karp and Toni Siebert, CVC.
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