Tangelo ( C. reticulata x C. paradisi ) is a citrus culture , a hybrid of tangerine (one of the varieties of mandarin ) and grapefruit (or sometimes pomelo ). The fruit has the size of an orange or sometimes grapefruit. The flesh is yellow to orange in color and has a sour taste. The peel is orange in color, very easy to remove.
| Tangelo | |
|---|---|
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| Hybrid origin | |
| Citrus reticulata × Citrus paradisi | |
| Hybrid | |
| Citrus × tangelo JW Ingram et HE Moore , 1975 | |
The hybrid was obtained in 1897 by Walter Tennyson Swing at the US Department of Agriculture.
Trees are quite large, more frost-resistant than grapefruit. It has several widely known varieties [1] :
- Mineola
- Simenol
- Orlando
- Thornton
- Agley
- Alamoyen
Notes
- ↑ Julia F. Morton. Tangelo // Fruits of warm climates . - Miami, FL, 1987. - P. 158-160. (eng.)