Citrus tangelo J.W. Ingram & H.E. Moore
CRC 2011
PI 539695
Source
Received as budwood from Date Gardens, Indio, CA, 1930.
Parentage/origins
Parents unknown.
Rootstocks of accession
Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange
Season of ripeness at Riverside
December to February
Description from The Citrus Industry Vol. 1 (1967)
"Fruit medium-sized, round or obovate; commonly slightly necked; color orange-yellow; seedy. Rind relatively smooth, thin, fairly free-peeling; axis hollow. Flesh color pale orange-yellow; tender, very juicy; flavor sprightly and subacid. Maturity season early.
Tree vigorous and productive; leaves small to medium, oval-shaped, and pointed.
This variety originated at the U.S. Date and Citrus Station, Indio, California, as a seedling of an unnamed tangelo of grapefruit-tangerine (presumably Dancy) parentage from a pollination made by Swingle in Florida in 1899. Introduced in 1931, San Jacinto has never attained commercial importance. "
Availability
Not commercially available in California.
USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for San Jacinto tangelo