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10 credits across 9 varieties · Joe Furr
Made the 1953 Rangpur lime × Troyer citrange cross.
In 1953, J. R. Furr made pollinations between Rangpur lime and Troyer citrange in the USDA citrus breeding program at Indio, California. The paper reports that selection C54-64-8 was later brought to the USDA foundation farm near Leesburg and supplied seed for virtually all Florida experimental work it describes; it does not establish that selection as the same accession as UCR CRC 3997.
Indio, California, United States
Sources: [5]
Made the 1965 Sunki mandarin × Benecke trifoliate orange cross.
US-812 originated from a Sunki mandarin × Benecke trifoliate orange cross made by Joe Furr at the USDA Date and Citrus Station in Indio, California, in 1965.
Indio, California, United States
Made the 1965 Changsha mandarin × English Large Flowered trifoliate orange cross.
US-852 originated from a controlled cross of Changsha mandarin as the seed parent and English Large Flowered trifoliate orange as the pollen parent made by J. R. Furr at the USDA Date and Citrus Station in Indio, California, in 1965.
Indio, California, United States
Sources: [7]
Supplied the budwood accession established at Riverside.
UCR records Fairchild budwood received from Joe Furr at the USDA Date and Citrus Station in Indio in 1966 under accession CRC 3559.
Riverside, California, United States
Sources: [1]
Supplied the budwood accession established at Riverside.
Budwood of Eustis Limequat was received from Joe Furr of the United States Date and Citrus Station at Indio, California, and established in the UC Riverside Citrus Variety Collection as CRC 3603.
Riverside, California, United States
Sources: [1]
Co-created the Sunki mandarin × Swingle trifoliate orange hybrid at the USDA Date and Citrus Station in Indio, California.
John Carpenter and Joe Furr produced C-22 by crossing Sunki mandarin with Swingle trifoliate orange through the USDA breeding program at the USDA Date and Citrus Station.
Indio, California, United States
Sources: [1]
Co-created C-54 through the USDA citrus rootstock breeding program at Indio, California.
John Carpenter and Joe Furr produced C-54 by crossing Sunki mandarin with Swingle trifoliate orange through the USDA breeding program at the USDA Date and Citrus Station.
Indio, California, United States
Sources: [1]
UCR states that J. R. Furr made the Clementine × Orlando cross at the U.S. Date and Citrus Station in Indio. The source does not identify seed and pollen parent roles or specify a Clementine type.
J. R. Furr made the Clementine × Orlando cross at the U.S. Date and Citrus Station in Indio, California. The UCR account does not identify the seed and pollen parent roles or give a cross date.
Indio, California, United States
Sources: [1]
UCR's cultivar account, citing Hodgson (1967), reports that Fremont first fruited at Brawley and was selected by J. R. Furr at Indio. The reviewed sources do not establish the selection date.
Indio, California, United States
Co-created C-57 through the USDA citrus-rootstock breeding program at Indio, California.
John Carpenter and Joe Furr produced selection C-57 by crossing Sunki Mandarin as the seed parent with Swingle Trifoliate as the pollen parent through the USDA citrus-rootstock breeding program at the United States Date and Citrus Station in Indio, California. The exact cross date is not established in the available release sources.
Indio, California, United States
Sources: [1]