Shasta Gold

Synonyms

None

Cultivar or taxon

Citrus x aurantium L., pro sp. [Tangor Group] X Citrus reticulata Blanco (sensu Mabberley 2004, Bayer et al. 2009); (Citrus reticulata Blanco x Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) X Citrus reticulata Blanco (sensu Swingle and Reece 1967); (Citrus temple hort. ex Yu. Tanaka x Citrus tangerina Yu. Tanaka) X Citrus reticulata Blanco (sec. NPGS/GRIN 2010; sensu Tanaka sec. Cottin 2002)

Origin

The Chiefland Budwood Facility (2010) provided the following notes on the cultivar (clone DPI-159): "A mandarin hybrid (Temple-Dancy-Encore (TDE2)) developed by the University of California Riverside citrus breeding program(patented). Large size fruit, seedless, later maturity than other TDEs. Budwood introduced by CGIP in 2006 from the National Citrus Germplasm Repository. Received thermal therapy, testing and planted at Chiefland in 2008. Propagation is restricted, must have license agreement with the New Varieties Development & Management Corp."

Description

Crown compact or dense, not weeping. First-year twig surface glabrous; second- or third-year twig surface striate; thorns absent or not persistent; prickles absent or not persistent. Petiole glabrous, length short; wings narrow, adjoining the blade. Leaflets one, margin bluntly toothed, shade leaflet blades weakly conduplicate, sun leaflet blades weakly or strongly conduplicate. Scent of crushed leaflets mandarin-like. Fruit broader than long, as broad as long, or longer than broad; rind yellow (7-10), yellow-orange (11), orange (12), or red-orange (13); rind texture slightly rough (4-5); firmness leathery; navel absent; flesh orange; taste acidic-sweet.

References

Bayer, R.J., D.J. Mabberley, C. Morton, C.H. Miller, I.K. Sharma, B.E. Pfeil, S. Rich, R. Hitchcock, and S. Sykes. 2009. A molecular phylogeny of the orange subfamily (Rutaceae: Aurantioideae) using nine cpDNA sequences. American Journal of Botany 96: 668–685.

Chiefland Budwood Facility. 2010. 2010 Annual report July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010. Bureau of Citrus Budwood Registration, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Winter Haven.

Cottin, R. 2002. Citrus of the World: A citrus directory. Version 2.0. France: SRA INRA-CIRAD.

Mabberley, D.J. 2004. Citrus (Rutaceae): A review of recent advances in etymology, systematics and medical applications. Blumea 49: 481–498.

Swingle, W.T. and P.C. Reece. 1967. The botany of Citrus and its wild relatives. In: Reuther, W., H.J. Webber, and L.D. Batchelor (eds.). The Citrus industry. Ed. 2. Vol. I. University of California, Riverside. http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/Vol1/Chapter3.html.

Resources

Search for this cultivar in NCBI Entrez

Additional information on this cultivar at University of California: Riverside Citrus Variety Collection