Tarocco
Variety of Sweet orange · Citrus sinensis
Italy's finest blood orange: nearly seedless, very sweet with a raspberry-like aroma.
Also known as: Tarocco Rosso, Half-Blood
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
tartjuicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Blutorange, vermutlich Mutation der Sanguinello-Gruppe
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 180 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, low-seeded, with orange to red-blushed rind and red-marbled, very sweet flesh; high vitamin C.
Growth
Vigorous tree; red colouring needs cool nights, typically around Mount Etna in Sicily.
Yield
Leading Sicilian blood orange (PGI Arancia Rossa di Sicilia); table and juice.
Notes
Numerous clones such as Tarocco Nucellare, Gallo, Ippolito, Rosso.
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