U.S. Patent PP21,224
Sweet Orange Cultivar
‘N7-3’
- 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.
License Availability: FFSP has non-exclusively licensed the following entities for the propagation of the ‘N7-3’ citrus cultivar:
Agri Masters Citrus Nursery, LLC
77 Henry Drive
Venus, FL 33960
(321) 377-5062
Gose Growers, Inc.
P.O. Box 1419
Sebring, FL 33871
(883) 441-0101
K&C Farmer Citrus Nursery, Inc.
970 N 10th Street
Eagle Lake, FL 33839
Lykes Bros., Inc.
7 Lykes Rd.
Lake Placid, FL 33852
(863) 465-4127
Phillip Rucks Citrus Nursery, Inc
1697 Rucks Dairy Rd.
Frostproof, FL 33843
(863) 635-1948
http://www.ruckscitrusnursery.com/
Southern Citrus Nurseries, LLC
5600 Lake Trask Rd.
Dundee, FL 33838
(863) 439-3694