Tangelo

The Minneola is a citrus fruit of the grapefruit ' Duncan ' and the Tangerine ' Dancy ' as parents. Hybrid of grapefruit and mandarin are summarized as tangelos. She was brought in 1931 by the United States Department of Agriculture Horticultural Research Station in Orlando in the trade.

Introduction

The tree is compared to other citrus plants quite large. The leaves are large with conspicuous long drawn tip.

The fruit measures about eight to nine inches in diameter, it is round with a slight protuberance towards the stalk. The shell is smooth, fine grained and slightly richer orange than the orange. It is easy to peel. The inside of the fruit is divided into ten to twelve segments. The central axis is narrow and hollow. The orange flesh is very juicy and sweet with a delicate tart acidity. The number of seeds is usually about seven to twelve, they are colored green on the inside.

This variety is only a few fruits if it is not pollinated by other varieties. However, in cross-pollination increases the number of seeds per fruit. The harvest season is from December to February.

Swell

• Larry K. Jackson, Stephen H. Futch: Minneola Tangelo. In: Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida (ed.): Fact Sheet HS- 171st 2003 ( http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/CH072, accessed on 20 May 2008).
• Robert Willard Hodgson: Horticultural Varieties of Citrus. In: Walter Reuther, Herbert John Webber, Leon Dexter Batchelor (eds.): The Citrus Industry. 1967 ( http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter4.html, accessed on 20 May 2008).