Murcott (fruit)

Murcott
Synonyms	Trade name: Honey Tangerine
	Ripe Murcott
Art	tangerine
group	Citrus
origin	Bayview, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
known since	1922
breeder	Charles Murcott Smith
Institute	U.S. Department of Agriculture
Breeding year	1916
ancestry
	Hybrid of ; Citrus tangerina × Sweet apfelsine (Sweet Orange)

Murcott (traded as honey mandarin ) is a hybrid cultivation of citrus tangerina and sweet orange .

Murcott comes in all probability from an experimental cultivation of the United States Department of Agriculture around the year 1916. The variety is named after Charles Murcott Smith, who grew it from 1922 in Bayview (Pinellas County, Florida) .

Variety description

The tree of the Murcott variety grows very straight up and forms branches that are often bent at the ends due to strong fruiting and break easily.

Murcott is a medium-diameter citrus fruit ( hesperidium ) around 7.5 cm (2½ to 3 " ) with an average of between twelve and 24 pips. Its peel is reddish-orange in color, which can be lighter in milder winters The “ pulp ” is intense orange and peeling is a little more difficult compared to other citrus fruits.

It is largely grown in Florida . The fruits ripen between January and March. Murcott can be attacked by citrus scab ( Elsinoe fawcettii ) and Alternaria citri .

Individual evidence

^ Riccardo Velasco, Concetta Licciardello: A genealogy of the citrus family . In: Nature Biotechnology . 32, No. 7, January 1, 2014, pp. 640–642. doi : 10.1038 / nbt.2954 . PMID 25004231 .
↑ G. Albert Wu, Simon Prochnik, Jerry Jenkins, Jerome Salse, Uffe Hellsten, Florent Murat, Xavier Perrier, Manuel Ruiz, Simone Scalabrin: Sequencing of diverse mandarin, pummelo and orange genomes reveals complex history of admixture during citrus domestication . In: Nature Biotechnology . 32, No. 7, July 1, 2014, ISSN 1087-0156 , pp. 656-662. doi : 10.1038 / nbt.2906 . PMID 24908277 . PMC 4113729 (free full text).
↑ ^a ^b Stephen H. Futch and Larry K. Jackson: Murcott (Honey Tangerine), Publication # HS174. February 12, 2015, accessed March 12, 2018 .

[genealogy_review-1] Riccardo Velasco, Concetta Licciardello: A genealogy of the citrus family . In: Nature Biotechnology . 32, No. 7, January 1, 2014, pp. 640–642. doi : 10.1038 / nbt.2954 . PMID 25004231 .

[genealogy-2] G. Albert Wu, Simon Prochnik, Jerry Jenkins, Jerome Salse, Uffe Hellsten, Florent Murat, Xavier Perrier, Manuel Ruiz, Simone Scalabrin: Sequencing of diverse mandarin, pummelo and orange genomes reveals complex history of admixture during citrus domestication . In: Nature Biotechnology . 32, No. 7, July 1, 2014, ISSN 1087-0156 , pp. 656-662. doi : 10.1038 / nbt.2906 . PMID 24908277 . PMC 4113729 (free full text).

[EDIS-3] Stephen H. Futch and Larry K. Jackson: Murcott (Honey Tangerine), Publication # HS174. February 12, 2015, accessed March 12, 2018 .