Sacaton tangelo (CRC 2609)

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

CRC 2609
PI 539705

Source

Received as budwood from USDA, Sacaton, Arizona, 1936.

Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

November to January

Notes and observations

D. Hutchinson (12/79) shows CPB 52018-I-2 listed as Pine (also called Salad)--R.K. Soost 12/79.

This accession and Sacaton tangelo CRC 3331 are NOT alike. This has orange flesh, and CRC 3331 has yellow flesh.

EMN, 4/1987: Medium sized fruit, yellow to medium orange, peels & sections readily, flavor sweet and refreshing, few to moderate number of seeds. Almost all fruit on ground now.1/18/89- Flavor good now. Seems seedier this year. Probably too seedy for backyard use.