Citrus tangelo J.W. Ingram & H.E. Moore

CRC 2543
PI 539699

Source

Received as seed from Sexton place, Vero Beach, Florida, 1932.

Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

October to November

Notes and observations

Florida Webber-Fawcett #7. Seed of a vigorous USDA seedling tangelo growing on the Sexton place. Collected by Dr. Webber and planted in CRC greenhouse.

EMN, 1/20/1989: Light crop, all on ground already.

EMN, 12/14/1989: A medium-large tangelo. Lemon yellow, somewhat rough rind. Too tart for my taste.

Availability

Not commercially available in California.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Sexton tangelo