Henderson
Variety of Grapefruit · Citrus paradisi
More deeply coloured Ruby Red mutation from Texas – a parent of Flame.
Also known as: Ruby Red Henderson
9🇺🇸 USA 1930
Taste & characteristics
Taste
sourjuicysweetrefreshing
Profile
- Parentage
- Knospenmutation von Ruby Red
- Breeder
- Texas-Selektion (Ruby-Red-Mutant)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 350 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, seedless fruit with pinkish-red to red flesh, more intensely coloured than classic Ruby Red.
Growth
Hardy, productive tree of the Ruby Red type.
Yield
Good yields; pigment more persistent than in Ruby Red.
Notes
Together with Ray Ruby one of the more deeply coloured Ruby Red offspring; genetic basis of Flame.
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