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This document is about Osceola, one of the released citrus hybrids arising from a cross of Clementine mandarin and Orlando tangelo made by Gardner and Bellows in 1942 at the United States Department of Agriculture Laboratory in Orlando. It was officially released as a variety in 1959 but has never attained important commercial status primarily because of a less than outstanding flavor. The fruit is 3/4 tangerine and 1/4 grapefruit and most closely resembles a tangerine or tangelo. First published in 1993.
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Reece, P.C. and F.E. Gardner. 1959. "Robinson, Osceola and Lee — New Early Maturing Citrus Hybrids." Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 72:40-51.
Saunt, James. 2000. Citrus Varieties of the World. Sinclair International Limited. Norwich, England. p. 70.
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