Citrus hybrid

CRC 4253

Source

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

Parentage/origins

Unknown, reported to be a mandarin hybrid

Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside

Unknown

Notes and observations

RRK 9/2007: "Stated to be a "late season mandarin, later than Murcott, seedy" by donor. Reintroduction of RRUT 278 (did not establish) and RRUT 312 (perished in the Great Greenhouse Meltdown of 2007)."

Availability

Not available commercially in California.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for USDA 1-43-21 mandarin