History

Imported

According to Webber (1943), as reproduced in the 1967 passage on UCR’s King Tangor CRC 303 page, fruit of that name reached H. S. Magee in Riverside in 1880 through U.S. Minister to Japan John A. Bingham, who arranged shipment from Saigon, Cochin-China (South Vietnam). The account says Magee raised seedlings from the fruit; this is the historical origin narrative, not an accession match to CRC 303 or CRC 3845.

• John A. BinghamIntroducer

  Arranged for King citrus material to be sent from Saigon to Riverside, California, in 1880.

• H. S. MageeCollector

  Received the imported King material at Riverside and raised the seedling lineage from which the U.S. King clone arose.

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Introduced

The historical account reproduced on UCR’s King Tangor CRC 303 page states that H. S. Magee sent King seedlings and budwood from Riverside to J. C. Stovin in Winter Park, Florida, in 1882. This is an attributed historical report, not accession-specific evidence about CRC 303 or CRC 3845.

• H. S. MageeIntroducer

  Sent King seedlings and budwood to Florida in 1882.

• J. C. StovinOther

  Received King seedlings and budwood at Winter Park, Florida.

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Other

UCR records the King accession maintained as CRC 303 (PI 539456) as received at Riverside in 1914 as budwood from Dr. Fawcett’s No. 90 Florida collection.

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Other

UCR records King accession CRC 3845 (PI 539457, VI 235) as received as seed from a seedling produced by Plant Breeding at the Citrus Research Center in 1931. This is an accession receipt from seed, not evidence that CRC 3845 is CRC 303 or that the 1931 seedling was the original King seedling.

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