Patent classifications
A01H6/78
Lemon tree named ‘7 ELS C3’
7 ELS C3 is a new and distinct lemon tree notable for its high quality seedless fruit.
Lemon tree named ‘7B97’
7B97 is a new and distinct lemon tree notable for its high quality seedless fruit.
CITRUS TREE NAMED 'LANGE ROSY RED VALENCIA'
A new and distinct citrus tree variety Lange Rosy Red Valencia is characterized by a strong reddish blush of the rind of its fruit. The blush is present through the harvest and post-harvest and is concomitant with the color of the flesh. The flesh of the fruit has a persistent pinkish red color and produces a distinctive pinkish-red colored juice. The internal and external color persists and increases as the fruit matures. The new variety Lange Rosy Red Valencia also presents dimorphism of the leaf pattern, structure and presence of leaf variegation that distinguish it from other Valencia orange varieties. The new variety Lange Rosy Red Valencia is similar to the sweet orange variety Cara Cara in that both have internal pinkish red flesh. The harvest season for the Cara Cara begins roughly in December and ends generally by the end of April, while the optimal harvest season for Lange Rosy Red Valencia begins in May and finishes at the end of August. Besides the seasonality, the new variety Lange Rosy Red Valencia differs from Cara Cara and Olinda Valencia in that the Lange Rosy Red Valencia has a rind with a distinctive pinkish red blush.
Lemon tree named ‘Silva's Seedless’
A new and distinct variety of seedless lemon named Silva's Seedless characterized by producing mature seedless fruit with thin rinds during early July in the San Joaquin Valley of California, thereby avoiding potential calamities from winter weather. The trees have small thorns, minimizing the need for protective equipment for growers, and have high yields and bear from year three onwards. The fruit is well sized and has acceptable acid-sugar ratios and color. The skin has a smooth texture and the fruit stores well. The fruit has an average juice content of 30-40% at harvest. The fruit shape is typically ovoid.
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING HLB
A composition comprising an HLB-susceptible or tolerant citrus rootstock grafted with an HLB-tolerant or resistant citrus interstock is provided. Also provided are plants comprising same and uses thereof in citrus growth.
LEMON PLANT NAMED 'CE-D5-1-9-42'
A new and distinct cultivar of lemon plant named CE-D5-1-9-42, characterized by nearly seedless fruit, early fruiting, and high fruit production. Additionally, the new lemon cultivar also is compatible with trifoliate orange rootstocks, unlike most lemon varieties. This new cultivar has high quality fresh fruit, as well as juice, peel oil, and other lemon by-products viable for processing. Further, given the new lemon cultivar's good HLB tolerance typical of lemons, and its near seedlessness, this new cultivar may have significant dooryard tree potential.
MANDARIN PLANT NAMED 'RES 19-56'
A new and distinct seedless, easy to peel mandarin hybrid, named RES 19-56, with a unique clustered fruit bearing habit that can appeal to citrus hobbyists as an ornamental, but that also has shown potential value for premium early season fresh market production by CUPS or other citrus growers. Has shown the ability to set large numbers of parthenocarpic fruit in the CUPS production system. These clusters sometimes number 15 or more fruit, having many more than fruit per cluster than other seedless mandarin hybrids.
Mandarin plant named ‘CLEMENLOLA’
CLEMENLOLA is a spontaneous mutation of the variety Oronules originating in Albatera (Alicante). It is a variety that is easy to peel, with a firm skin and flattened shape, with a high juice content. The tree is vigorous, open growing and has no thorns or multi-branches. It is also an early and productive variety, reaching maturity in the last week of September and during the month of October.
<i>Choisya </i>plant named ‘Valencia Fizz’
A new cultivar of Choisya plant named Valencia Fizz that is characterized by its naturally branching spherical dense plant habit with short internodes and numerous basal and lateral branches. The foliage of Valencia Fizz is dense and dark green in color when mature and exhibits orange blossom fragrance. The newly emerging foliage of Valencia Fizz is lighter green-yellow in color. The flowers of Valencia Fizz are borne in many compound corymbs, and are very numerous and relatively large for the genus and its varieties. The flowers of Valencia Fizz are pleasantly sweetly fragrant, reminiscent of orange blossom. The flowers of Valencia Fizz are rotate and bear five rotate free petals. Valencia Fizz blooms profusely in May to August and sporadically in early and mid-spring and in late summer.
Lemon tree named ‘PLBA1’
A new lemon tree named PLBA1, which originated as a spontaneous mutation of Eureka lemon and is distinguished by its light yellowish-pink-fleshed fruit.