Safor

Description

Triploid hybrid obtained from controlled pollination conducted in 1996 between a diploid Fortune mandarin as the female parent and a Kara mandarin as the male parent. Flowered for the first time in 2001 with fruit evaluated from the 2002/2003 campaign to present.

Vigorous tree with a tendency to grow in an open, weeping manner. Flat shape with very flexible branches and a brown trunk. Leaves are large and dark green in colour, and are both shiny and slightly spatula-shaped. Good compatibility with the Citrange Carrizo.

Although a few thorns may appear in the first shoots, hardly any will be found in the final shoots, with only 25% of the nodes featuring thorns of an average length of 5mm.

Early to flower and bear fruit, predominantly bell-shaped flowers. Abundant fruit yield without a tendency towards alternate harvests. Fruit ripens as of the first fortnight in March with a maturation index of 8 and remains well on the tree until the beginning of April.

Thickness between 55 and 60mm, with a flattened form and convex area around the peduncle. Attractive fruit that is easy to peel, with a melting texture and no segment residue.

During ripening, the quantity of soluble solids is 15ºBrix, with an acidity level of 14g/L; vivid orange colour (ICC=18) and a juice percentage of 50%. Seedless and no symptoms of Alternaria fungi, whether in trees cultivated in experimental lots at a high inoculum, or in leaves inoculated in vitro.

Type
Triploid hybrid
Weight (g)
100 - 115
Diameter (mm)
55 - 60
Shape
Obovate, with a convex area around the peduncle
Diameter/height
1.1
Bark (mm)
2,0 – 2,5
Color
Orange
Color index
18
Juice %
52
Seeds
No. No, not even when cross-pollination has occurred.
Fruition
High
Harvesting
1 February - 31 March

Agronomic remarks

Slight tendency towards alternate harvests.

Ripening chart

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July

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