Seminole Tangelo

The 1931 USDA Circular describes Seminole as part of the USDA citrus-crossing series made from 1908 to 1912, principally at Eustis and Glen St. Mary, and records Bowen grapefruit × Dancy tangerine. UCR identifies CRC 2604 as Duncan grapefruit × Dancy mandarin. Circular 181 was published in August 1931 and says the name came from springs in Lake County; its historical Eustis account gives December–March maturity, while UCR lists October–November at Riverside.^⁠[2]⁠[1]

UCR’s 1989 collection note says that in heavy-crop years fruit may be medium-small, too tart to eat, and often on the ground. Lakeside Nursery’s product description calls the fruit quite large, sweet, and juicy, with thin skin and seeds, and lists a winter–spring season. The UCR statement is a dated Riverside collection note; Lakeside gives no specimen, harvest year, or observation site, so its description remains a seller claim from a nursery in Bunbury, Western Australia.^⁠[1]⁠[3]