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Ambersweet Orange Hybrid
Type and parentage: Orange hybrid [(Clementine X Orlando)Midseason Orange]
Average diameter (inches): 2 1/2 - 3 3/4
Seeds per fruit: 0-30 (seedless or nearly so, if not cross pollinated)
Commercial harvest season: October - January
Ambersweet, released in 1989, has been classified as an orange for fresh fruit purposes. The fruit usually attain minimum fresh fruit standards by mid October and minimum orange processing standards by mid November. It can be peeled more easily than other oranges. The fruit resemble those of navel orange in size and appearance more than other types and have a good orange rind and juice color at maturity. The juice has a dark orange color at maturity. The trees are moderately cold hardy and fruit can usually be harvested prior to damaging freezes. For identification purposes: the peel of small developing Ambersweet fruit has a pubescent (fuzzy) appearance, a characteristic which disappears as fruit matures.
Selections available at the Immokalee Foundation:
DPI-D-817-10-14-65 :
University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, 1999
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, Bureau of Citrus Budwood Registration
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