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World of CitrusWorld of CitrusLee Mandarin
University of California, Riverside — Citrus Variety Collection
https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/crc3851 (opens in a new tab)
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Philip C. Reece and Frank E. Gardner · Florida State Horticultural Society · 1959
https://journals.flvc.org/fshs/article/download/101178/97122 (opens in a new tab)
Pages 49–50 report Lee (Orlando No. 421-36-4) as one of 327 seedlings from Clementine (female) × Orlando tangelo. The paper provides historical Florida observations of this individual selection; it is not a molecular parentage study.
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Franz Witte Plant Library / NetPS Plant Finder
https://plants.franzwitte.com/12150021/Plant/28310/Lee_Mandarin/ (opens in a new tab)
Nursery profile for Lee Mandarin (Citrus reticulata 'Lee'), also naming Lee Tangerine. Describes a nearly thornless plant with small, sweet fruit and fragrant spring blooms; lists hardiness zone 9a and generic 12-ft height/spread. The page gives no accession, named tree, rootstock, test location, harvest year, or measurement method; Nampa, Idaho is nursery/page context. Its later generic copy calls the fruit 'orange berries'; retained as a page-text error, not a botanical claim.
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