History

Other

Moro blood orange was received by the Riverside citrus collection in 1975 as budwood from the USDA Date and Citrus Station at Indio, California, via the Citrus Clonal Protection Program. This accession became CRC 3830 / PI 539554.

• USDA Date and Citrus StationOther

  Source of Moro budwood received by Riverside in 1975.

• UC Riverside Citrus Experiment StationCollector

  The UCR CRC 3830 Source field records budwood from the USDA Date and Citrus Station at Indio, California, received through CCPP in 1975. This credit describes the institutional accession receipt; the source does not name an individual field collector or document subsequent maintenance.

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Other

UCR reproduces a 1967 historical description of Moro as of comparatively recent Sicilian origin and thought to have developed from Sanguinello Moscato. This is an attributed historical account, not a verified pedigree; UCR separately lists CRC 3811 accession parents as unknown. The account gives no exact date, location within Sicily, or individual originator.

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