Bidwell's Bar Sweet Orange Budwood

Citrus sinensis.

Budwood from "Mother" orange tree at Bidwell Bar. Tree very large, old, and healthy. Grown for sweet orange stock seed.

Bidwell's Bar is an example of the type of oranges that were most commonly grown in California before the Washington navel orange arrived on the scene.  The original Bidwell’s Bar tree was planted in 1856 in Butte County, California and is often called the “Mother Orange Tree.”  It is still alive and is believed to be the oldest living orange tree in California.

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

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