Minneola (fruit)
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| Breeding number | CRC 3026, PI 539683, VI 32, 386 |
Minneola fruit |
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| Art | Mandarin / Tangelo |
| group | Citrus |
| Launch | 1931 |
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The Minneola variety is a hybrid of the grapefruit 'Duncan' and the tangerine 'Dancy' as parents from the genus of the citrus plants ( Citrus ). Hybrids from grapefruit and mandarin are grouped together as tangelos. The 'Minneola' variety was brought onto the market in 1931 by the United States Department of Agriculture Horticultural Research Station in Orlando, Florida .
description
The tree of the cultivar 'Minneola' becomes quite large compared to other citrus plants. The leaves are large with a noticeably elongated tip.
The fruit measures eight to nine centimeters in diameter, it is round with a slight protuberance towards the stem. The skin is smooth, finely grained and a bit more intense orange than the orange . It is easy to peel. The inside of the fruit is divided into ten to twelve segments. The central axis is narrow and hollow. The orange-colored flesh is very juicy and sweet with a slightly tart acidity . The number of seeds is usually around seven to twelve, they are colored green inside.
The 'Minneola' variety sets only a few fruits if it is not pollinated by other varieties. However, the number of seeds per fruit increases with cross- pollination . It ripens between December and February.
swell
- Larry K. Jackson, Stephen H. Futch: Minneola Tangelo . In: Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida (Ed.): Fact Sheet HS-171 . 2003 ( ufl.edu [accessed on May 20, 2008]).
- Robert Willard Hodgson: Horticultural Varieties of Citrus . In: Walter Reuther, Herbert John Webber, Leon Dexter Batchelor (eds.): The Citrus Industry . 1967 ( ucr.edu [accessed May 20, 2008]).