Salustiana Sweet Orange Budwood

Citrus sinensis.

Fruit medium-large, subglobose to spherical; basal cavity shallow with faint radial furrows; apex depressed; areolar ring small but well-marked in many cases; virtually seedless.  Unusually well-colored at maturity.  Rind medium-thick and surface moderately pebbled.  Flesh melting, juicy; flavor rich and sweet.  Fruit said to hold especially well on tree without much loss of quality.  Early in maturity (earliest of the Spanish varieties).

Tree vigorous, somewhat upright, medium-large, and productive.  Because of its early maturity, seedlessness, and quality, it is regarded as highly promising and has been planted to a considerable extent in Spain in recent years and somewhat in Algeria and Morocco.

Rootstocks of accession:  Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange.

Season of ripeness at Riverside, California:  December to February.

Prepared by the Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at The University of California Riverside.