Seminole Tangelo: History | World of Citrus

1908–1912Florida, United States
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Seminole was produced in the USDA citrus-crossing program’s 1908–1912 series, conducted principally at Eustis and Glen St. Mary, Florida. Circular 181 identifies the cross as Bowen grapefruit × Dancy tangerine and gives the breeding designation CPB 52018-F-23; it does not date Seminole’s individual cross more precisely.
- Walter T. SwingleBreeder
  Led the USDA tangelo breeding program that produced Seminole.
- E. M. SavageBreeder
  Assisted Swingle in the 1908-1912 USDA citrus hybridization program.
- F. W. SavageBreeder
  Assisted Swingle in the 1908-1912 USDA citrus hybridization program.
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August1931Florida, United States
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The Seminole entry appeared in USDA Circular 181, published in August 1931, and states that the name was taken from the Seminole springs in Lake County, Florida. This records publication of the named description, not a verified first-naming or release date.
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1936Riverside, California, United States
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The Riverside citrus collection received Seminole tangelo as budwood from the USDA at Torrey Pines, California, in 1936. The accession became CRC 2604 / PI 539703.
- USDA, Torrey Pines, CaliforniaOther
  Source of Seminole budwood received by Riverside in 1936.
- UC Riverside Citrus Experiment StationCollector
  Received and maintained Seminole as CRC 2604.
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