World of CitrusTemple Tangor
UCR's historical account traces the selected seedling to Jamaica and says a Florida fruit buyer encountered a tree of outstanding quality about 1896; the buyer later sent budwood to friends in Oviedo. UCR notes that the variety's origin and history are obscure.
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UCR recounts that in 1915 L. A. Hakes called the unusual Jamaica-derived tree to the attention of his neighbor W. C. Temple, who recognized its quality and brought it to M. E. Gillett of Buckeye Nurseries.
UCR’s history says W. C. Temple recognized the Jamaica-derived tree’s quality and brought it to M. E. Gillett of Buckeye Nurseries; the account does not describe Temple as a developer or breeder.
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UF/IFAS states that Buckeye Nurseries named Temple for W. C. Temple in 1919; UCR also places the naming in 1919.
Named the cultivar Temple in 1919.
UCR says exclusive propagation rights were obtained in 1916 and Temple was introduced in 1919. UF/IFAS identifies Buckeye Nurseries as its propagator.
Commercially introduced Temple in 1919.
UCR records the Riverside collection's 1935 receipt of Temple budwood from F. Heiney of Brawley, California; the accession was cataloged as CRC 2598 / PI 539685 / VI 330.
Source of Temple budwood received by Riverside in 1935.
Received and maintained Temple as CRC 2598.
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