Capuchin sweet orange

Capuchina, Capucin
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck RUTACEAE

CRC 3245
PI 539607

Source

Received as budwood from Ted Frolich, UCLA Variety Collection, 1960.

Parentage/origins

Parents unknown.

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

January to March

Notes and observations

2/8/1988, EMN: Fruit is a typical seedy sweet orange.

Description from The Citrus Industry Vol. 1 (1967)

"This Spanish variety produces a medium-small, oblong to oval fruit of low seed content, very sweet flavor, and midseason maturity. Capuchina is still of local importance, primarily in the Orihuela district of Alicante Province, but it is no longer planted."