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The seminole is a hybrid between a 'Bowen' grapefruit and a 'Dancy' tangerine. It is deep red-orange in color, oblate in shape with a thin and firm peel, and is not necked. It has 11-13 juicy segments and a pleasant, subacid flavor. It has 20-25 small seeds. The tree is high-yielding and scab-resistant. [4]
The light-green surface blemishes turn orange when the fruit is at its peak ripeness. The Jamaican tangelo is usually slightly larger than a grapefruit (but this varies) and has fewer seeds. The flesh is very juicy and tends toward the sweet side of the tangerine rather than the bitter side of its grapefruit lineage, with a fragrant rind.
The Mandelo or 'cocktail grapefruit', a cross between a Dancy/King mixed mandarin and a pomelo. [2] The term is also sometimes used generically, like a tangelo, for recent mandarin × pomelo hybrids. The sour orange ( Citrus x aurantium ) derives from a direct cross between a pure mandarin and a pomelo [ 11 ]
Citrus fruits themselves are actually special kinds of berries. We botanists have a special name for it: “hesperidium.”
Here are additional clues for each of the words in today's Mini Crossword. NYT Mini Across Hints 1 Across: Food that many an N.Y.C. tourist grabs for breakfast — HINT: It starts with the letter "B"
It is a cross between the citron (Citrus medica) and a bitter orange (Citrus × aurantium). Volkamer lemon: Citrus volkameriana (C. medica × C. reticulata ) Like the Rangpur lime and rough lemon, it is a hybrid of a mandarin orange (C. reticulata) and a citron (C. medica), with the citron being the pollen parent and the mandarin being the seed ...
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The mandelo was developed in the 1950s at the UC Citrus Experiment Station, but then escaped into public orchards. [1] [3] It is a yellow-orange fleshed tri-specific citrus hybrid between a 'Frua' hybrid mandarin ('Dancy' mandarin × 'King tangor') [4] and a Siamese Sweet pomelo. [3]