World of CitrusLee Mandarin
Lee originated in the USDA citrus breeding program from a 1942 hybridization between Clementine mandarin and Orlando tangelo at the U.S. Horticultural Field Station in Orlando, Florida. Lee, Robinson, and Osceola were selected from this hybrid population.
Participated in the 1942 USDA citrus hybridization program from which Lee originated.
Historically credited with Bellows for the USDA hybridization program that produced Lee.
Lee was officially released in 1959 as one of three early-maturing sister citrus hybrids, together with Robinson and Osceola. Philip C. Reece and Frank E. Gardner documented the new cultivars in the Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society.
Co-authored the 1959 description and release of Lee, Robinson, and Osceola.
Co-authored the 1959 description and release of Lee, Robinson, and Osceola.
Lee was received by the Riverside citrus collection as budwood from Florida in 1962. The accession became CRC 3851 / PI 539525.
Received and maintained Lee in the Riverside citrus germplasm collection.
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