Citrus reticulata Blanco RUTACEAE

CRC 3809
PI 539520
VI 377

Source

Received as budwood from Florida, 1979.

Parentage/origins

Robinson mandarin x Osceola mandarin

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

December to February

Notes and observations

This accession had thermotherapy when imported from Florida.

3/1987, EMN: Small fruit, most on ground now. Sunburst is a beautiful dark orange color and smooth rind- these are its only attributes. It is too seedy, too small, a very poor peeler, has some Encore-like spots. Flavor is good.

Availability

Commercially available in California through the Citrus Clonal Protection Program. Click here to order budwood.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Sunburst mandarin