Rocky Hill navel orange

Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck

VI 181

Photos by Toni Siebert, CVC. Photo rights.

Source: Has not been planted by the CVC yet.

Parentage/origins: Rocky Hill navel orange (VI 181) was selected from the Rocky Hill farming company in Lindcove, California, about 1/4 mile from the Lindcove Research and Extension Center in 1962. 

Rootstocks of accession: Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside: November to January

Notes and observations:

Although planted in the early 1980s, this selection has gone out of favor because its characteristics were not found to be superior to Washington navel and newer selections.

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