Bouquetier de Nice Sour Orange Budwood

Citrus aurantium L.

Selection of bouquetier type bigard (sour orange). The bouquetiers represent a distinctive group of bigards (sour oranges). They are generally small trees with few thorns and many flowers. They are grown primarily for their perfumy flowers, which are used in the production of high quality neroli oil and its byproduct of orange flower-water.

"Bouquetier de Nice' is vigorous and upright growing. The flowers are double with a very large pistil, which gives rise to a flat fruit of medium size that is also double, having a secondary fruit deeply embedded within the primary fruit. The leaves are large, broad, and slightly tapered.

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

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

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