Thermal Tarocco blood orange

CRC 4018

PI 600656

VI 544

Photographs by Toni Siebert, CVC. Photo rights.  

Source: The source of this tree was donated by A. Newcomb of Thermal Plaza Nursery in Thermal, California, 1994.

Parentage/origins: Apprarently a bud mutation considered "different and better than CRC 3596 Tarocco" (also known as Tarocco #7).

Rootstocks of accession: Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside: December to February

Notes and observations:

OJB: Thermal Tarocco is a medium-large to large blood orange variety with few to no seeds. Tarocco blood orange if one of the major blood orange varieties of the world.  The distinctive color is a natural mutation and is due to the presence of anthocyanin, the same plant compound that is responsible for the color of pomegranates.  The distinctive color requires a chilly winter to develop properly. Thermal Tarocco's main season of maturity is January into March.

TS: Of the three Tarocco selections in the Citrus Variety Collection, Thermal Tarocco has the least amount of pigmentation in Riverside.

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

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Thermal Tarocco blood orange

CVC Fruit Quality Data for Thermal Tarocco blood orange