Good fruit production, vigor, fruit size; very nice flavor; few seeds; external color faint red, internal color medium. Sweet Oranges Smith Red Valencia Cara Cara navel orange Late navel oranges: Lane Late navel orange Autumn Gold navel orange Barnfield navel orange Chislett navel orange Powell navel orange Summer Gold navel orange Rohde navel orange Wiffen navel orange Navelate navel orange Moro blood orange Bream Tarocco Ruby blood orange Sanguinelli blood orange Tarocco #7 Thermal Tarocco Vainiglia Sanguigno Washington navel orange Skaggs Bonanza navel orange Fisher navel orange Fukumoto navel orange Newhall nucellar navel orange Navelina navel orange Thomson navel orange Trovita sweet orange Rocky Hill navel orange Atwood navel orange Campbell navel orange Cutter navel orange Olinda Valencia orange Midknight Valenica orange Delta Valencia orange Bidwell's Bar orange Corrugated Thomson navel orange Shamouti sweet orange Smith Red Valencia is a pigmented sport of a conventional Valencia orange tree. The mother tree was growing in a home garden in Moorpark, CA, and a branch was observed to be producing fruit with a pronounced red rind blush and strong red internal color. Seeds were saved from a fruit sample brought to the local farm advisor, and the most promising seedling was selected for release. The tree is a vigorous grower and carries good crops of fruit. The fruit is of good size and flavor and is very low-seeded. As noted above, the rind frequently carries a heavy red blush and the flesh is heavily pigmented by anthocyanin. The fruit shape is somewhat variable at present, globose to ovoid with a depressed base, possibly due to the juvenility of the subject trees. Although the fruit is mature in late winter, it holds well on the tree into late spring, well past the season for conventional blood oranges. See the Citrus Clonal Protection Program Variety Data for Red Valencia See the USDA GRIN Database information for Red Valencia Date Location Average Length (cm) Average Width (cm) Average Weight (g) Rind Color Rind Texture Ave. Rind Thickness (cm) Ave. Seeds Internal Color Average Juice weight (g) % Juice Ave. TSS Ave. %Acid Ratio 3/1/2005 Riverside 6.8 6.5 136.6 10.5 3 5.5 3.2 DK. Pig. 56.2 41.2% 12.7 1.14 11.21 3/1/2005 Riverside 6.2 5.8 102.1 11 2.5 6.1 3.7 DK. Pig 39.8 39.0% 12.8 0.96 13.36 3/14/2005 Riverside 7.6 6.9 155.1 11 3 6.5 2.7 DK. Pig 62.7 40.4% 12.7 0.93 13.58 3/14/2005 Riverside 7.0 6.3 130.5 10.5 3 6.6 2.2 DK. Pig 47.8 36.6% 12.8 0.94 13.67 4/11/2005 Riverside 7.3 7.0 158.6 11 4 7.4 2.1 Dk. Pig 48.5 30.6% 11.3 0.78 14.51 4/11/2005 Riverside 6.7 6.1 119.7 11 3 6.5 3.0 DK. Pig 40.0 33.4% 11.8 0.77 15.44 5/2/2005 Riverside 7.5 6.8 154.4 10.5 3 6.4 3.1 DK. Pig 47.1 30.5% 12.0 0.93 12.90 5/2/2005 Riverside 6.8 6.3 124.2 11 2.5 7.4 5.8 DK. Pig 36.8 29.6% 12.5 0.86 14.58 1/23/2006 Riverside 6.7 6.5 140.6 11.5 2.5 5.4 .05 Lt. Pig 67.9 48.3% 12.5 1.36 9.25 2/12/2006 Riverside 7.0 6.9 158.2 11.5 4 5.6 0 DK. Pig 73.1 46.2% 12.6 2.01 6.28* 3/6/2006 Riverside 7.3 6.9 161.8 13 3 5.6 .02 DK. Pig 65.9 40.7% 12.6 0.92 13.69 3/27/2006 Riverside 7.1 6.8 156.6 13 3 5.8 1.0 DK. Pig 70.2 44.8% 12.0 0.92 13.18 1/25/2006 Lindcove 7.9 7.6 205.3 12.5 6 9.0 .09 DK. Pig 74.1 36.1% 14.0 1.64 8.54 2/16/2006 Lindcove 8.3 7.7 203.4 11.5 5 9.3 .05 DK. Pig 65.0 32.0% 13.2 1.55 8.57 3/9/2006 Lindcove 8.5 7.7 214.4 13 7 9.4 .02 DK. Pig 71.9 33.5% 13.5 1.41 9.60 3/27/2006 Lindcove 7.9 7.5 204.8 13 7 8.5 0 Purple 65.5 32.0% 13.4 1.33 10.15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cara Cara navel orange, a mutation that occurred on a Washington navel orange tree, was discovered in 1976 at Hacienda Cara Cara in Venezuela. From Venezuela, it was brought to Florida and then introduced into California, where it is well-adapted. Most tree and fruit characteristics reflect its Washington navel orange ancestry, but the flesh is deep pink, similar to the darkest of the red grapefruit varieties. This rich color is due to the presence of lycopene, a carotenoid in the same family as beta carotene. Rarely, the normally green-leafed trees will produce variegated-leafed twigs. These twigs, when left to grow and fruit, may produce fruits with striped rind. See the Citrus Clonal Protection Program Variety Data for Cara Cara -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Late navels Lane Late was the first of a number of late maturing Australian navel orange bud sport selections of Washington navel imported into California. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, six of the twelve selections (Autumn Gold, Barnfield, Chislett, Powell, Rhode, and Summer Gold) evaluated in Australia, were sent to the CCPP for quarantine and then subsequently released for propagation in California in 1991 and 1992. In mid 1990s, an additional selection called Wiffen was also introduced through the CCPP into California. The California Citrus Nursery Society (CCNS) agreed to facilitate the testing of these late navel selections which are currently licensed in California. Evaluations of six of these selections began in California in 1997 at nine locations in collaboration with growers ranging from Madera in the north to Fillmore in the south. (Kahn and Bier 2003). Below is a description of the location of origin of these selections, and then a comparison of Autumn Gold, Barnfield, Chislett, Powell, Summer Gold and Lane Late. A short description of two other late season navel oranges imported recently from Australia, Rohde and Wiffen, and another late season navel imported from Spain are also listed below. Lane Late navel orange, is a late maturing bud sport of Washington navel orange. It was discovered in Australia in1950 and is named for the tree's owner. The tree characteristics are very similar to those of Washington navel orange. The fruit is of similar size and shape, but it has a smoother peel and a slightly smaller navel. The fruit matures four to six week later than the Washington navel orange and stores on the tree for several months after reaching maturity before the quality deteriorates. See the Citrus Clonal Protection Program Variety Data for Lane Late Autumn Gold navel orange (VI 527) originated on the Pollock's property in Sunraysia Australia in mid 1980s. See the Citrus Clonal Protection Program Variety Data for Autumn Gold See the USDA GRIN Database information for Autumn Gold Barnfield navel orange was a bud sport from an unknown navel selected from the Barnfield property in New South Wales of Australia in the mid 1980s. See the USDA GRIN Database information for Barnfield Chislett navel orange (VI 531) is a Washington navel orange selection was first observed in 1988 on the property of Norm and Greg Chislett at Kenley in Victoria Australia. See the Citrus Clonal Protection Program Variety Data for Chislett See the USDA GRIN Database information for Chislett Powell navel orange (VI 530) is one of the late season navel orange selections that were imported into California. Neil Powell of Curlwaa, in NSW Australia made the selection in 1986. See the USDA GRIN Database information for Powell Summer Gold navel orange (VI 529) originated in the early 1980s on Marrow's property near Mourquong of Sunraysia Australia. This variety, although selected as a late navel, was actually determined not to be a late navel. See the Citrus Clonal Protection Program Variety Data for Summer Gold See the USDA GRIN Database information for Summer Gold Rohde (VI 565) is a more recently imported navel orange selection from Australia. This patented selection was first observed on the property of the McLaren Management Group at Iraak Victoria Australia. Fruit quality evaluations of this selection have begun at two locations, in California, but no conclusions are available yet. See the Citrus Clonal Protection Program Variety Data for Rohde See the USDA GRIN Database information for Rohde Wiffen navel orange (VI 616) was found in early 1980s on Wiffen's property, near Nangiloc Victoria Australia. This recently imported patented late navel selection has not yet been evaluated for fruit quality traits in California. See the Citrus Clonal Protection Program Variety Data for Wiffen See the USDA GRIN Database information for Wiffen Navelate (VI 548) is a selection discovered in 1948 in the Castellon Province of Spain as a limb spot on a Washington navel orange tree. This selection was released for propagation in Spain in 1957 and imported into California in 1991. As a recent import into California, it has not been evaluated extensively yet. Navelate trees are reported to be vigorous and slightly larger than Washington navel orange trees. The fruit are somewhat smaller than Washington navel fruit with a smaller and often concealed navel structure. The rind of Navelate has a similar texture to that of Washington navel but the rind is thinner and more difficult to peel. Navelate fruit are also reported to hang on the tree for four months or more without appreciable loss of quality. See the Citrus Clonal Protection Program Variety Data for Navelate See the USDA GRIN Database information for Navelate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Moro blood orange is the most common of the pigmented oranges marketed in the United States. It is of relatively recent origin and is believed to be of Sicilian ancestry. The tree is of moderate vigor and size with a round and somewhat spreading growth habit. The fruit is round, of moderate size, and frequently borne in clusters. The orange-colored peel is commonly blushed with a burgundy color. Moro is the most highly-colored of the blood oranges, owing its distinctive flesh color and rind blush to the presence of anthocyanin, the same pigment that colors purple grapes. Moro is also the earliest ripening of the blood oranges and is usually mature at Riverside in January. The fruit is usually low-seeded with a flesh that can become very dark red late in the season. The fruit holds well on the tree, but develops an off-flavor if held too long. The color and flavor develop best in the warm inland valleys. See the Citrus Clonal Protection Program Variety Data for Moro See USDA GRIN database information on Moro -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bream 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. This variety was donated by and named after Robert Bream of Lindsay, California. See the Citrus Clonal Protection Program Variety Data for Bream Tarocco See the USDA GRIN Database information for Bream Tarocco -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruby variety was introduced from an unknown Mediterranean country to Florida about 1880 and brought to California soon after. The development of blood coloration in Ruby is variable and for this reason, it has not become a popular variety. In California's coastal region, it never develops red pigmentation. Ruby is at its best in hot interior districts, however under these conditions the pigmentation is still variable. Ruby has since been used as a parent variety in the development of new varieties of citrus and it has been found that although Ruby itself is poorly colored, its progeny tends to be very highly colored. See the Citrus Clonal Protection Program Variety Data for Ruby See USDA GRIN database information on Ruby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sanguinelli is a late midseason blood orange variety from Spain. The tree is small to medium in size, spineless, and very productive. The variety originated as a limbsport of Doblefina which came to light about 1950. See the Citrus Clonal Protection Program Variety Data for Sanguinelli See USDA GRIN database information on Sanguinelli -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tarocco #7 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. Tarocco #7 is one of the most delicious blood orange varieties. The rind of this blood orange gets very little to no coloration at all.

The tree is vigorous, but only moderately productive.