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Salustiana

Variety of Sweet orange · Citrus sinensis
Practically seedless Spanish blond orange with especially high, mild juice content.
Also known as: Salustiana
Edible value9Medicinal value7Other uses6
🇪🇸 Spain 1950

Taste & characteristics

Taste

mildjuicysweet

Profile

Parentage
Mutation der Comuna-Orange (Blondgruppe)
Pollination
self-fertile
Fruit weight
180 g

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Fruit harvest
Storage

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Thin-skinned, very juicy and mostly seedless; mild, low-acid, very sweet flesh.

Growth

Vigorous, productive tree; prone to alternate bearing.

Yield

Dual-purpose table and juice; very popular for fresh-squeezed juice.

Notes

One of the most important Spanish blond oranges of the Comuna group.

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