Rio Farms Vaniglia Pigmented Sweet Orange Budwood

Citrus sinensis.

This pigmented citrus selection colours well in Texas. Fruit medium sized, slightly flat, some flesh colour showing. The fruit observed at Rio Farms indicates that this selection may develop better color than current selections maintained at Riverside, since south Texas winters are typically mild with smaller diurnal temperature fluctuations. This is probably not the true Vainiglia variety, which is white fleshed and low in acid, but perhaps the Vainiglia Sanguino (pink fleshed due to lycopenes, but not a true blood orange).

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

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

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