Valencia

Variety of Sweet orange · Citrus sinensis

The world's definitive juicing orange: juicy, late-maturing and long-holding on the tree.

Also known as: Valencia Late, Late, Murcia

🇺🇸 USA 1870

Taste & characteristics

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Parentage: Herkunft unklar; von Portugal nach Kalifornien/Florida verbreitet
Breeder: T. Rivers (Verbreitung)
Pollination: self-fertile
Fruit weight: 160 g

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

Medium, thin-skinned fruit with very juicy, deep-orange flesh and few seeds; balanced sweet-tart.

Vigorous, large and heat-tolerant tree.

The key variety of the world juice industry (esp. Brazil and Florida); holds for months on the tree.

Can re-green during warm nights (regreening) without loss of internal maturity.

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