Olivelands sour orange

Citrus aurantium L.

CRC 2717

PI 539164

Photos by David Karp, CVC,  3/3/2008. Photo rights. 

Source: Received as budwood from from Olivelands, date unknown. Limited information available.

Parentage/origins: Parents unknown.

Rootstocks of accession: Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside: January to March

Notes and observations:

6/1986, EMN: Sour orange, very prolific. from root cutting. old vigorous trees at Olivelands. This accession was discarded from the variety collection about 1979; but Dr. W.P. Bitters thought it should be reinstated and so collected budwood from the original source for the trees planted in field in 1985.

2/26/1988, EMN: Appears to be a typical sour orange.

3/13/2008, DK & TS: Productive, typical sour orange, but rind seems thicker than average. 

Availability: Not commercially available in California.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Olivelands sour orange