Shamouti
Variety of Sweet orange · Citrus sinensis
The famous Jaffa orange: seedless, thick-skinned, highly aromatic and easy to peel.
Also known as: Jaffa, Chamouti
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildsweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Mutation einer lokalen Orange bei Jaffa (Palestina/Israel)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 200 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Elongated-oval, seedless fruit with thick, easily removed rind and firm, highly aromatic flesh.
Growth
Tree with characteristically upright shoots and few thorns.
Yield
Historic export orange of the Middle East; an ideal table and shipping fruit.
Notes
Namesake of the international 'Jaffa' trade brand.
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