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Roble Orange
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Type and parentage: Sweet Orange
Average diameter (inches): 2 1/2 - 2 3/4
Seeds per fruit: 10-20
Commercial harvest season: December - February
Selections available at the Immokalee Foundation:
RBL-502-4-12(stg-56g-14-X-E): The original selection was made at the Pless Nursery in Thonotosassa in Hillsborough County. Probably as early in maturity as the Parson Brown. Seediness, juice color equal to the Parson. Solids compare with the Valencia orange on sour orange rootstock. The peel is orange in color with a thick and rough texture like the Parson. The acid drops rapidly once passed maturity.
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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