U.S. Patent PP21,224
Sweet Orange Cultivar
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- Fruit Size: Medium
- Target Market: Dual Use; Either Fresh Market or Processing
- Brix Rating: 15-18
Description: Trees of the ‘N7-3’ sweet orange cultivar are upright and vigorous, typical for a sweet orange cultivar. Fruit holds its quality into the summer, allowing an April-June harvest. Fruit of ‘N7-3’ is practically seedless, yielding 0.17 seeds per fruit. ‘N7-3’ provides a late season fresh sweet orange which may accompany late-season fresh grapefruit. Although not much data is available on yield, the original ‘N7-3’ yielded slightly less than a standard Valencia.
Variety Fact Sheet: ‘N7-3’
License Availability: FFSP has non-exclusively licensed the following entities for the propagation of the ‘N7-3’ citrus cultivar:
Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery, Inc
1697 Rucks Dairy Rd.
Frostproof, FL 33843
(863) 635-1948
http://www.ruckscitrusnursery.com/