Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck
CRC 3995
PI 539666
VI 487
Source
Received as budwood from Florida Budwood Registration Program, Winterhaven, Fl, 1988.
Parentage/origins
Apparent this variety is a selection from a mutated branch from a normal Valencia.
Rootstocks of accession
Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange
Season of ripeness at Riverside
March to July
Notes and observations
Jack Hearn: This is a chimera and could revert to normal Valencia through inadvertant selection of mutant bud.
12/1989, EMN: We probably should not release from any trees which have not fruited. Darker color is in both rind and flesh (juice).
Dave Gumpf: Deep orange colored flesh. Matures same as other Valencias. Good crops on citrange and rough lemon. Only real advantage over other Valencias is the deep flesh color.
Availability
Commercially available in California through the Citrus Clonal Protection Program. Click here to order budwood.
USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Rhode Red Valencia orange