Fukumoto Navel Orange Budwood

Citrus sinensis.

The best appearing navel in a Japanese produce display in 1989. This early maturing navel orange selection reaches legal maturity three to four weeks before Washington navel and is one of the earliest to reach color-break.  One of the most outstanding characteristics of this selection is the deep reddish rind color of the fruit.  The fruit are harvested from mid-October to late December in California.   Fukumoto trees tend to be smaller than other navel selections and appear to produce more chimeras than most navel orange selections.

Rootstocks of accession:  Carrizo citrange.

Season of ripeness at Riverside, California:  November to January.

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