Citrus reticulata Blanco RUTACEAE
CRC 3649
PI 539515
VI 281 (No longer available)
Source
Received as budwood from Dr. Joe Furr, USDCS, Indio, CA, via Dr. Reece, Texas, 1968.
Parentage/origins
Clementine mandarin X Orlando tangelo
Rootstocks of accession
Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange
Season of ripeness at Riverside
January to March
Notes and observations
3/1987, EMN: Highly alternate bearing. Poor peeler, good flavor. Bower was developed by the USDA in Orlando, Florida.
Availability
No longer commercially available in California through the Citrus Clonal Protection Program. This accession no longer has an approved budsource. Please refer to the CCPP for information on another approved budsource or to start a reintroduction inquiry.
USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Bower mandarin
Bibliography
Texas Agriculture Experiment Station circular L-1185, July 1973
