Henderson Ruby grapefruit

Citrus paradisi Macfadyen

CRC 3914

PI 539483

VI 465

Photos by Toni Siebert and David Karp, CVC, 5/22/2008. Photo rights. Both on Carrizo, 10 year old trees. 

Source: Received as budwood from Julian W. Sauls, Texas Agric. Ext. Service, Weslaco, Texas, 1985.

Parentage/origins: Parents unknown.

Rootstocks of accession: Carrizo citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside: February to June

Notes and observations:

10/1988: This accession came in with severe exocortis in index as VI 438 and was subsequently put through STG and re-entered as new VI number 465.

Availability: Commercially available in California through the Citrus Clonal Protection Program.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Henderson Ruby grapefruit

CVC Fruit Quality Data for Henderson Ruby grapefruit