Citrus aurantium L.

CRC 2541 
PI 539160

Source

Received as seed collected by Dr. H. J. Webber from bittersweet orange tree on edge of Dummett Grove on North end of Merritts Island, Florida, 1932. 

Parentage/origins

Parents unknown. Open-pollinated seedling. 

Rootstocks of accession

Yuma Ponderosa lemon 

Season of ripeness at Riverside

January to March 

Notes and observations

1/26/1990, EMN: Heavy crop both trees. Fruit appears to be a typical sour orange, but flavor is bittersweet.

3/3/2008, DK &TS: Attractive medium-yellow orange fruits, pebbly rind, but flesh is bitter and sour, not a good flavor. 

Availability

Not commercially available in California.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Dummett bittersweet sour orange