Cipo Sweet Orange Budwood

Citrus sinensis.

Low, prostrate tree; branches grow outward and downward; slow growing. Medium crop on tree 14- Virtually all fruit are hidden under tree skirt; most are resting on the ground. Fruit sample collected & compared in lab with Parent navel & Pineapple sweet. Intermediate in size, rind color about the same as Parent & Pineapple, slightly coarser rind but OK, 22 seeds in 10 fruit total, good flesh color, somewhat thicker rind than P. or P., juice %age intermediate; S/A: Cipo- 9.2, Par.- 12,6, Pine- 8.0.

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

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

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