Citrus hybrid
CRC 4268
Source
Received as budwood from Gregory McCollum, USDA-ARS Whitmore Foundation Farm, Leesburg, Florida, 2008.
Parentage/origins
A hybrid of 'Fortune' mandarin x 'Encore' mandarin, presumably developed by Jack Hearn, USDA ARS, Florida, 1970s.
Rootstocks of accession
Carrizo citrange
Season of ripeness at Riverside
Unknown.
Notes and observations
RRK 4/1/2008: 'Stated to be a "mid-season mandarin" and to be a "high quality mandarin, seedy" by donor."
Reintroduction of RRUT 279 and RRUT 376.
Availability
Not commercially available in California.
USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for USDA 1-42-65 mandarin