Citrus x aurantium L.

CRC 4252

Source

Received as budwood from Gregory McCollum, USDA-ARS Whitmore Foundation Farm, Leesburg, Florida, 2007.

Parentage/origins

Unknown, reported to be a tangor.  Presumed to be a hybrid made by Jack Hearn, USDA ARS, Florida, 1970s.

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

Unknown

Notes and observations

RRK 9/2007: "Stated to be a "juicing tangor" "'with deep orange color, produces extremely high quality juice" by donor. Reintroduction of RRUT 285 (did not establish) and 318 (perished in the Great Greenhouse Meltdown of 2007)."

Availability

Not available commercially in California.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for USDA 1-105-106 tangor