World of CitrusFairchild Mandarin
Fairchild was released by the USDA in 1964 and recommended for the desert areas of California and Arizona.
Federal institution responsible for the official 1964 release of Fairchild Mandarin.
UCR records Fairchild budwood received from Joe Furr at the USDA Date and Citrus Station in Indio in 1966 under accession CRC 3559.
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 CRC 3559. This note describes the accession record; it does not assert later conservation.
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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.
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.
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UCR identifies the hybrid as Fairchild and reports its 1964 release, citing Furr (1964). The reviewed sources do not establish when or where the name was coined, its author, or an honoree.