休格拜尔(红橘) Sugar Belle

Synonyms

None

Cultivar or taxon

Citrus reticulata Blanco [Clementine Group] X Citrus x aurantium L., pro sp. [Tangelo Group] [=Citrus reticulata Blano X Citrus x aurantium L., pro sp. [Grapefruit Group]] (sensu Mabberley 1997); Citrus reticulata Blanco X [Citrus reticulata Blanco x Citrus paradisi Macfad.] (sensu Swingle and Reece 1967)

Origin

The Chiefland Budwood Facility (2010) provided the following notes on the cultivar (clone DPI-434): "Released in 2009 by Dr. Fred Gmitter, IFAS....Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Inc. granted the New Varieties Development & Management Corp. the exclusive USA licensee for this variety. Must have license agreement with the NVDMC to propagate."

Description

Crown compact or dense, not weeping. First-year twig surface glabrous, second- or third-year twig surface striate; thorns absent or not persistent; prickles absent or not persistent. Petiole glabrous, length short; wings absent, if present, narrow, adjoining the blade. Leaflets one, margin bluntly toothed, shade leaflet blades weakly conduplicate, sun leaflet blades weakly or strongly conduplicate. Scent of crushed leaflets mandarin-like. Fruit as broad as long or longer than broad; rind yellow (7-10), yellow-orange (11), orange (12), or red-orange (13); rind texture slightly rough (4-5); firmness leathery; navel absent; flesh orange; taste acidic-sweet.

The Chiefland Budwood Facility (2010) provided the following additional notes on the cultivar (clone DPI-434): "It is a seedy variety resembling Mineola[sic] tangelo although smaller in size and having a late November maturity. Good fruit color, flavor, tolerance to Alternaria and earlier maturity are it main attributes."

References

Chiefland Budwood Facility. 2010. 2010 Annual report July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010. Bureau of Citrus Budwood Registration, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Winter Haven.

Mabberley, D.J. 1997. A classification for edible Citrus (Rutaceae). Telopea 7: 167–172.

Mabberley, D.J. 2004. Citrus (Rutaceae): A review of recent advances in etymology, systematics and medical applications. Blumea 49: 481–498.

Swingle, W.T. and P.C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives. In: Reuther, W., H.J. Webber, and L.D. Batchelor (eds.). The Citrus industry. Ed. 2. Vol. I. University of California, Riverside. http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter3.html.

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Habit (Winter Haven, FL)	Habit (Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery, Frostproof, FL)	Bark (Winter Haven, FL)	Bark (Winter Haven, FL)	First year twig (Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery, Frostproof, FL)
First year twig (Winter Haven, FL)	First year twig (Winter Haven, FL)	Second - third year twig (Winter Haven, FL)	Second - third year twig (Winter Haven, FL)	Petiole (Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery, Frostproof, FL)
Petiole (Winter Haven, FL)	Petiole (Winter Haven, FL)	Unifoliolate leaf (Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery, Frostproof, FL)	Unifoliolate leaf (Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery, Frostproof, FL)	Unifoliolate leaf (Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery, Frostproof, FL)
Unifoliolate leaf (Winter Haven, FL)	Unifoliolate leaf (Winter Haven, FL)	Margin (Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery, Frostproof, FL)	Margin (Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery, Frostproof, FL)	Margin (Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery, Frostproof, FL)
Margin (Winter Haven, FL)	Margin (Winter Haven, FL)	Shade leaves (Winter Haven, FL)	Shade leaves (Winter Haven, FL)	Sun leaves (Winter Haven, FL)
Sun leaves (Winter Haven, FL)	Sun leaves (Winter Haven, FL)	Sun leaves (Winter Haven, FL)	Sun leaves (Winter Haven, FL)	Fruit (Winter Haven, FL)
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Fruit (Winter Haven, FL)	Fruit (Winter Haven, FL)	Fruit cross-section (Winter Haven, FL)