VALLEY GOLD
STATUS
*Commercial
VARIETY
ARCCIT1614
OWNER
ARC South Africa
HARVEST
Southern Hemisphere: Mid-May to end of July
Northern Hemisphere: Mid-December to end of February
Key Attributes
High yielding, high quality, low seeded mandarin variety.
Especificaciones Técnicas
| Parents |
Ellendale x Robin hybrid made by hand pollinations. Seeds were irradiated prior to planting in an attempt to induce seedlessness |
| Tree characteristics |
Trees are upright cylindrical and thornless |
| Harvest date: SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE |
Mid-May to end of July |
| Harvest date: NORTHERN HEMISPHERE |
Mid December – end of February |
| Growth Habit |
Cylindrical upright growing tree |
| Fruit Size |
Concentrated range in Sizes 1,2,3 |
| External appearance |
Deep orange/red and the shell is resistant to rain and blemishes |
| Internal appearance |
The internal fruit color is dark orange |
| Post Harvest |
Fruit stores very well for extended periods due to red rind colour and acid staying high during storage |
| Peelability |
The fruit is firm and peel moderately easy leaving little albedo |
| Fruit quality data |
High sugar with good acidity level that doesn’t drop over time |
| Seed |
May contain seed when planted in mixed cultivar blocks |
| Cross-pollination viability |
Flowers have a normal amount of pollen with a medium pollen viability |
| Production yield |
High crops, between 50 and 80 tons/ha without alternate bearing |
| Problems with the variety |
The selection sets a very large crop. In March/April some fruit splitting occurs. After the split fruit has dropped, the crop load is still high, with a good fruit size |
