Sunburst
Variety of Mandarin Orange · Citrus reticulata
Bright red-orange Florida mandarin – very juicy and deeply coloured.
Also known as: Sunburst mandarin
9🇺🇸 USA 1979
Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Robinson x Osceola
- Breeder
- USDA Orlando (Florida)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 130 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, flattened, bright red-orange fruit with smooth rind; juicy-sweet, seedless when isolated, otherwise seedy.
Growth
Vigorous, productive tree adapted to humid subtropical Florida.
Yield
An important mid-season commercial variety in Florida.
Notes
Rich colour from warm-humid climate; seedy when interplanted.
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